There's usually an adjustment of the top (hood) half of the latch by loosening two small (9 or 10 mm head) bolts. If it's well centered, notice that there is a jamb nut on the stem of the latch, and a slot at the end (typically), permitting some vertical adjustment of the male half. I normally leave these items just slightly loose and try watching the centering first, then progressively engage it further, checking as I go, after replacement or modification. Rubber bumpers align edges of hood with fenders only after I have good latching action. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: "DocWyte" <[email protected]> To: "Mark Reda" <[email protected]>; "a2list" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 9:19 AM Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] Hood Latch Question
> You probably don't have the latch part rivetted into > the correct spot on the new rad support. There's a > little bit of play there usually... Drill out the > rivets and try again... > > -josh > > > --- Mark Reda <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yesterday I replaced my rad support on my Jetta for > > single rounds. > > > > The hood doesn't close the way it did with the old > > rad support. > > It use to close and latch effortlessly. > > Now it takes some serious force to get it latch > > down. > > > > I've adjusted the rubber stops but it hasn't made a > > difference. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Mark. > > _______________________________________________ > > a2-16v-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > > ===== > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. > http://search.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. >
