Hood laches
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JK Enthusiast
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From: Norfolk, VA
Hood laches
So today while drive I have come to notice that my hood is bouncing around at high way speeds and when passing 18 wheelers. I am travling across the country so I dont have time or place to get tighter laches. Has anybody had any problem with their hood popping up or breaking?
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From: Birmingham, AL
It is called hood flutter and you can search on it. I had it and took the one nut holding the hood spring off and then the spring off. This completely removed the hood flutter. The spring holds up the hood slightly and road wind will get under it from time to time when the gust is right. This cause the hood to flutter. The safety latch should theoretically keep it down if the side latches both broke simultaneously. It is more of a sense of doom than probably a real threat. Remove the spring and see if it goes away. It takes a small wrench or hex nut driver if I recall. A small crescent wrench could suffice.
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From: Riverside, CA
It is called hood flutter and you can search on it. I had it and took the one nut holding the hood spring off and then the spring off. This completely removed the hood flutter. The spring holds up the hood slightly and road wind will get under it from time to time when the gust is right. This cause the hood to flutter. The safety latch should theoretically keep it down if the side latches both broke simultaneously. It is more of a sense of doom than probably a real threat. Remove the spring and see if it goes away. It takes a small wrench or hex nut driver if I recall. A small crescent wrench could suffice.
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From: El Paso, TX
It is called hood flutter and you can search on it. I had it and took the one nut holding the hood spring off and then the spring off. This completely removed the hood flutter. The spring holds up the hood slightly and road wind will get under it from time to time when the gust is right. This cause the hood to flutter. The safety latch should theoretically keep it down if the side latches both broke simultaneously. It is more of a sense of doom than probably a real threat. Remove the spring and see if it goes away. It takes a small wrench or hex nut driver if I recall. A small crescent wrench could suffice.
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From: Midwest City, OK
There are various solutions out there. Some folks have had luck removing the spring previously described--others report hood dance under extremely severe conditions. Two years ago the plains states were having very high winds. It was during the trip out to Easter Jeep Safari for hundreds of JKs, and that's when everyone found out whether or not their chosen solution to hood dance worked--most did not! Anyway, a couple eleven inch zip ties will stop it cold. Small disadvantage is that after a period of time they may break. Keep a spare or two in the glove box ...
