Removing the hood must be carried out with an assistant, in the following order. Open it, close the wings of the body with a dense cloth such as a tarpaulin, disconnect the loops from the heated nozzles, the washer fluid supply hose and the windshield washer loop.
Fix the installation location of the hinge compensation plates, outlining their position with a marker.
Fix the car hood in the open position using an additional support such as a wooden beam, unscrew the tire mounting bolt «weight» body, in the area of the right hinge of the hood and take the tire to the side. Fix the place of attachment of the bolts with washers on the hinge, outlining the position of their heads with a marker.
Loosen the bottom bolt (1, fig. 18.21) fastening the hood hinge to the body and loosen its upper bolt (2). To remove an emphasis of a cowl, having disconnected the top axis-finger and having wrung out the bottom spherical pin. Carry out similar operations on the opposite side of the hood and remove it.
Attention! When replacing the spring-gas stop, dispose of it at the service station.
Installing the hood should be carried out in the reverse order, if necessary.
Install the hood on the hinges, according to the previously applied marking, but do not tighten the screws.
Check the size of the gaps of the mating surfaces of the hood / front fenders, which should be 4.0±0.75 mm (see fig. 18.2). Tighten the hinge bolts to a torque of 2.0 kgf·m (20 Nm). If the hood has been replaced, then adjust its position.
Adjust the position of the car's hood in the following order.
Attention! Check that the cable drive of both hood locks has no play or slack in the cable. The cable sheath must be firmly fixed in the lock guides. With involuntary movement of the hood, violations of the paintwork to a metallic sheen are visible.
When adjusting the position of the hood, avoid damage to adjacent body elements.
Check stop bolts (arrow, fig. 18.22) left and right hood hinges. The plastic ends of the bolts must be in place and undamaged. If necessary, replace the hood hinge bolt.
Loosen the screws (arrows, fig. 18.23) gripping hook of the upper part of the hood lock on the left and right. Parts must move.
Loosen the screws (1 and 2, fig. 18.24) left and right hood hinges so that the hood can move. Close the hood slowly. Locks and gripping hooks must engage with the body.
Note. If during the adjustment process it turns out that the adjustment range is insufficient, then you can loosen the bolts securing the hood hinge on the body and move it.
Adjust the position of the hood so that the gap (see fig. 18.2) relative to the front wings was the same (4.0+0.75 mm). The hood and front fenders in the headlight area must be flush and at the same height. It is allowed, during operation, to sink the hood symmetrically in relation to the wings by no more than 1.0 mm.
Hood height adjustment (6.0 - 7.0mm) in relation to the bulkhead shield, carry out with the lock nut released (1, fig. 18.25), turning the latch (2, arrow).
The height of the hood relative to the front fenders is adjusted by rotating the stop buffers in the front shield on the right and left (arrow, fig. 18.26).
Attention! After completing the adjustments, check the operation of the gripping hook.