Infiniti M35/M45 Y50. Manual - part 237

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Removal and Installation of Hood Assembly

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REMOVAL

1.

Support the hood lock assembly with a proper material to pre-
vent it from falling.

WARNING:

Body injury may occur if no supporting rod is holding the
hood open when removing the hood stay.

2.

Remove stud balls on the hood stays at the hood side.

3.

Remove the hinge mounting nuts on the hood to remove the
hood assembly.

CAUTION:

Operate with two workers, because of its heavy weight.

1.

Hood stay

2.

Hood hinge

3.

Hood assembly

4.

Hood insulator

5.

Hood front sealing rubber

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INSTALLETION

Install in the reverse order of removal.

CAUTION:

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Before installing hood hinge, apply anticorrosive agent onto the mounting surface of the vehicle
body.

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After installing, perform hood fitting adjustment. Refer to 

BL-15, "Fitting Adjustment"

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Removal and Installation of Hood Lock Control

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REMOVAL

1.

Remove the front grill. Refer to 

EI-16, "FRONT GRILLE"

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2.

Remove the fender protector. Refer to 

EI-20, "FENDER PROTECTOR"

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3.

Disconnect hood lock switch harness connector.

4.

Remove the hood lock assembly mounting bolts. 

1.

Hood lock cable

2.

Hood lock assembly

3.

Hood ledge reinforcement

4.

Clip

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5.

Disconnect the hood lock cable from the hood lock, and clip it from the hood ledge.

6.

Remove the mounting screws with power tool, and remove the hood opener.

7.

Remove the grommet on the dash board, and pull the hood lock cable toward the passenger compart-
ment.

CAUTION:

While pulling, be careful not to damage (peeling) the outside of the hood lock cable.

INSTALLATION

1.

Pull the hood lock cable through the panel hole to the engine compartment.

CAUTION:

Be careful not to bend the cable too much, keeping the
radius 100 mm (3.94 in) or more.

2.

Check that the cable is not offset from the positioning grommet,
and push the grommet into the panel hole securely.

3.

Apply the sealant to the grommet (at * mark) properly.

4.

Install while pulling hood lock cable.

5.

Install the hood lock cable securely to the lock.

6.

Install hood lock assembly.

CAUTION:

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After installing, hood fitting adjustment. Refer to 

BL-15,

"Fitting Adjustment"

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After installing, the check the hood lock control inspec-
tion Refer to 

BL-20, "Hood Lock Control Inspection"

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Hood Lock Control Inspection

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CAUTION:

If the hood lock cable is bent or deformed, replace it.
1.

Check that the secondary latch is properly engaged with the secondary striker (B: 6.8 mm (0.268 in)
shown in the figure) with hood's own weight.

2.

While operating the hood opener, carefully check that the front end of the hood is raised by approx. 20
mm (0.79 in). Also check that the hood opener returns to the original position.

3.

Check that the hood opener operating is 294 N (30 kg) or below.

4.

Install as static closing face of hood is 392 – 441 N·m (35– 44 kg-m).

5.

Check the hood lock lubrication condition. If necessary, apply
“body grease” to the points shown in the figure.

1.

Hood striker

2.

Primary latch

3.

Secondary striker

4.

Secondary latch

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