How to Replace Hood Support Struts 2009-14 Nissan Murano
Created on: 2017-12-18
How to repair, install, fix, change or replace a weak or sagging hood or hatch strut on 10 Nissan Murano.
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step 1 :Removing the Hood Struts
- Safely prop up the hood with an external object, like a sturdy piece of wood, or with the help of an assistant
- Pry out on the retainer on the back of the hood strut with a flat blade screwdriver
- Repeat the process on the bottom strut
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step 2 :Installing the Hood Struts
- Insert the lower end of the part over the ball socket
- Clip it into place on the top
- Repeat the process on the other side
Tools needed
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Flat Blade Screwdriver
Assistant
Block of Wood
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To change these hood struts, you might need a second helper to help you hold the hood up. Or you can use a block of wood to keep the hood up, because that's all that's holding this hood up.
To take these off, there's a lock on the top and on the bottom. So take a flat blade screwdriver, and just open up the lock. Point it out, and just kind of slide it up at the same time. Go this way with it. There we go. Just kind of work it off, just so it kind of sits like that, and then it will come off the ball like that real easy, and do the same with the bottom. Just kind of pop that off like that.
So we have the strut. To reinstall it, clip on the bottom one first just like that. Clip on the top one. Push the lock back down. It's locked in place. This would be the same for the opposite side.
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