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What's the best way to fix a broken cable to open your hood on your truck?
Posted by: Grease monkey wannabe ()
Date: June 17, 2014 06:42AM

Other than paying tons of money for a mechanic to fix it?

Specifically, this is the cable for your car hood opener, located usually near the driver's side door. Yesterday mine finally broke, and I've gotten all kinds of crazy estimates to fix it. It broke right next to the handle inside the cab of my car and the cable is nowhere in sight. I was able to jury rig the car hood so I can open it without it.

Is there anyway to fix it myself? Has anyone on here ever done it themselves?
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Re: What's the best way to fix a broken cable to open your hood on your truck?
Posted by: 2serveU ()
Date: June 17, 2014 07:12AM

Look on YOUTUBE for your make/model/year of vehicle, I bet there's a video on how to do it!!!!

Have a great day and good luck!!!! :) :)

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Re: What's the best way to fix a broken cable to open your hood on your truck?
Posted by: Pat.Goss ()
Date: June 17, 2014 07:34AM

If you don't intend to sell the vehicle and by your own admission you've got it nigger rigged then I think you're good to go...

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Re: What's the best way to fix a broken cable to open your hood on your truck?
Posted by: asdfsadf ()
Date: June 17, 2014 07:48AM

That's one thing I've never had to fix on my car yet. I agree, try googling it..

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Re: What's the best way to fix a broken cable to open your hood on your truck?
Posted by: Ralph Pootawn ()
Date: June 17, 2014 08:00AM

vice grips if they can reach it

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Re: What's the best way to fix a broken cable to open your hood on your truck?
Posted by: Grease monkey wannabe ()
Date: June 17, 2014 08:01AM

Another quick question, when I go to get the car inspected, will they hold this against me?

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Re: What's the best way to fix a broken cable to open your hood on your truck?
Posted by: 2serveU ()
Date: June 17, 2014 08:42AM

Grease monkey wannabe Wrote:
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> Another quick question, when I go to get the car
> inspected, will they hold this against me?


YES i failed for this before :(

You can snag a cheap cable from ROCKAUTO.COM...they are the cheapest when it comes to parts I have found!!!!

No I dont work for them!

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Re: What's the best way to fix a broken cable to open your hood on your truck?
Posted by: Manny ()
Date: June 17, 2014 11:13AM

Not hard to replace usually. It's just a standard pull cable like on a bike. They're usually not even that hard to get to since they're up top in most. A new cable should be relatively cheap.

Might want to check first before buying the cable that it is what's broken. Sometimes the connection at either end can break or be deformed especially at the end where you say yours is. That's often just a slot in a plastic piece that will break with time/use.

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Re: What's the best way to fix a broken cable to open your hood on your truck?
Posted by: easyyy ()
Date: June 17, 2014 02:45PM

Remove the cable and re-route - should be easy. you might have to remove the panel in the driverside foot well but so what that is 4 screws. google the part and installation forums it should be easy.

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Re: What's the best way to fix a broken cable to open your hood on your truck?
Posted by: plastichandle ()
Date: June 17, 2014 02:46PM

make sure the cable is broken - on mine the plastic broke but not the cable...

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