Hood alignment

[K5_Fla]

K5 Blazer -

See the pics below – my entire hood needs to be moved about .125 over to the driver’s side. I looked under the hood and it seems the hinges only adjust the back part near the windshield cowl ? Any tricks to get the hood moved over a bit?

 

[ryoken]

is that passenger side gap even front to back?

 

[K5_Fla]

yes, it's even all the way down

 

[ryoken]

and how about across the cowl?

 

[munepit]

Can't you just adjust the fender in a tad bit.

 

[K5_Fla]

along the back cowl the spacing is correct and the leveling is correct.... it all just needs to be pushed over to one side a little bit..

Or push in one of the fenders I guess? not sure how to do this...

 

[ryoken]

along the back cowl the spacing is correct and the leveling is correct.... it all just needs to be pushed over to one side a little bit..

Or push in one of the fenders I guess? not sure how to do this...

you can't, technically, unless someone installed shims in the front of the fender..

the rad support needs to be moved to the passenger side to even out the gap at the very front of the hood.. it controls the width from fender to fender..

and then more than likely, you'll end up needing to shim each fender out a bit at the back as the gap will narrow on both sides as it goes to the back..

 

[K5_Fla]

what the best way to move the rad support ?

 

[ryoken]

just loosen the 2 rad support mounts at the frame and shove/pry it over... it's movement is limited by the mounts, but you can usually get some movement out of it.. then tighten...

 

[K5_Fla]

you talking about under the bumper? I little lost ...

 

[ryoken]

behind the bumper.... if you look where the front of your front leaf springs bolt up, right in front of that spot, you'll see where the rad support mounts are... they run vertically.. one on each side... you'll need to pull the grill out as the tops of those bolts are in 2 "windows" in the front of the rad support...

you can kinda see where in this pic... right above the left side of my turn signal you can see the top of the window... then below that, you can see the bracket off the frame that the mount runs vertically to...

if you loosen those 2 big vertical bolts, you should be able to shift it over a bit... if you can't quite get enough, you can jack up the support a bit, pull the mounts out and remove a bit of metal on the pass side of each one with a carbide burr in a die grinder to get that little bit more... hogging the hole out a bit....

 

[ryoken]

oh, and don't be surprised if those mounts are the cause of this issue.. if you haven't done new ones, they're more than likely hammered.... you'll also need to adjust the hood latch over a bit once the gaps are decent....