Removing
1. Open the hood and disconnect the gas-filled telescopic stop from it, for which slightly raise the locking bracket with a screwdriver and remove the rack from the upper spherical support.
2. For subsequent installation, circle the position of the hinges on the hood with a marker.
3. Turn out 4 fixing bolts (2 on each side), then with the help of an assistant, remove the hood and set it aside.
Installation
4. With the help of an assistant, install the hood, aligning the hinge strips with the marks made during the dismantling process, then tighten the fixing bolts by hand.
5. Close the hood and align it in the body opening (see specs).
6. At the end of the adjustment, tighten the bolts and secure the upper end of the gas-filled stop to the hood.
Hood Gap Adjustment
7. Loosen the hood bolts (if it has not been removed before).
8. Close the hood and make sure that the gaps of its mating with the right and left wings are the same, if necessary, make the appropriate adjustments, then tighten the hood mounting bolts with the required force.
9. By rotating the two damper stops mounted on the bonnet lock holder bar, adjust the height of the front edge of the latter. The front edge of the hood should rise above the surface of the wings by no more than 2 mm.
10. Install and adjust the hood latch (see below), then unscrew the rubber stop 1 turn. Deviation of the closed hood from the position «flush with the surface of the wings» should be no more than 1 mm.
Installation of a safety hook and a latch of the lock of a cowl
Note: When installing a new hood, the hook and spindle must be reinstalled from the old one or purchased separately.
11. Install a safety hook with a spring and a riveted axial pin on the hood, at the same time make a notch at the end of the rivet with tongs and expand it (see resist. illustration).
12. Attach the lock latch assembly to the hood (see resist. illustration) and adjust the size «X», which should not go beyond the range of 40 + 43 mm. Size «X» measured from the surface of the hood to the edge of the washer. Then, while holding the latch of the lock with a wrench, tighten the nut to 22 Nm. Note: On Zafira models, the size «X» = 40 + 46 mm and measured to the edge of the lock latch.
13. At the end of the adjustment, lubricate the trunnion of the lock with universal grease.
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