Catastrophic dead horse meme....
Hood Pins
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Here is an improper and proper hood bumper
Here is how my front latch is lowered to pull the hood down tighter
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Personally, I've wanted to install some version of old school hood pins for several years, probably the ones that use a slider to lock the pin and a fold-over ring to keep the slider in place. Placing the pins int he front should be easy since several folks have installed hoodpins there. My problem is designing metal brackets that would place both rear pins in the same location to secure the back of the hood, too. I'm finally focusing on either using a metal plate with bent corners to allow the mounting of the hoodpins between the top top frame members at the rear of the engine or using metal plates held in place via metal pipe clamps designed to hold the plates in place between the two frame members or using some. My last option would be using some flat 1/4" ABS sheet that have ABS shoulders glued to the sheet to locate it in place between the frame tubes and then held in place via pipe clamps. I would want both the front and rear pins to be symmetrical with their counterpart so the installation looks balanced. I'd then probably just remove the original hood latches.
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Like this.
They are pins from a Mustang GT. The pin itself has to be at least four inches long.
They are mounted in the same location as the buttons.
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Personally, I like the hood latches that rabtech used. Positive latching at all four corners.
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Like this.
They are pins from a Mustang GT. The pin itself has to be at least four inches long.
They are mounted in the same location as the buttons.
I like them.
Did you replace the button style pins and use the existing holes of was it a clean install?
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I like them.
Did you replace the button style pins and use the existing holes of was it a clean install?
Yes I replaced the button style pins. Used the same holes, just had to open them a little more.
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Ill take some close ups on the install before its put on the trailer for delivery to the new owner.
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All I have to say is that my hood has pins and it ain't going nowhere....
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[/quote]I still love those. They appeal to me fighter mechanic in me.
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Ill take some close ups on the install before its put on the trailer for delivery to the new owner.
Wait ..!!! What..!!! New owner..!!! What the he’ll have I’ve missed...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????
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I think I’m going to puke.!!!! Slingrazor is it sold yet...?? Sorry been out of pocket for a while trying to read up on some threads.....!
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Yes it has sold, within 8 hours of being posted. It is staying the forum family.
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Sad,,, but glad for you...!!!! Still want to puke.... great it’s still in the forum family.....👏👏👏
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Hey rabtech did you originally have the push button latches like Minrons ? I thought about these when you first installed them and wanted to check them out when I seen it at a show and forgot to check it out in Huntsville. I would love to switch over to something like them. Just wondering if they cover the holes already there from the pushpins and if I see the picture correctly it appears you have an extra hole possibly from them
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yes. That is the original hole for the round pins.
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Instead of doing all the adjusting of latches, bumpers, and crap just throw a rachet strap over the top of the hood. Toss the other end under the sling the rachet it down tight. Problem solved cheap. You can get a four pack of them for under $20 so you can carry a spare.
Or if you really plan on a fast ride you could X two of them for extra hold down.
rabtech I really like the looks of those locks, where they from?
LC
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I like everything I own to work as it was designed. I do whatever it takes to make that happen. Hood pins are not required to keep the fenders from flapping.....could be the reason Polaris put the bumpers on in the first place.