Hood support using hydraulic props

[WPS 73 Bronco]

I've got Tom's hydraulic hood props on my Bronco. I just noticed that one side of the hood has a small crease and it's allowing the hood to buckle when closing. What have others done to add support to the hood to prevent further damage? I went on their site and I don't see any pre-fab'd support brackets.

Thanks

 

[tasker]

square stock that fits in the channel perhaps?

 

[jeffncs]

square stock that fits in the channel perhaps?

Fit and add the longest reinforcement piece of angle iron possible to spread the force out over a wider area.

 

[Yeller]

Every bronco hood does that eventually, in my experience anyway, without the hydraulic prop system, the system just exposes the week link immediately. As stated by @jeffncs add some angle iron along the length of the hood, preferably all the way to the leading edge. I've never had one not crack over time, especially since we are now driving these machines faster than ever before, the air pressure is intense.

 

[904Bronco]

Look at Duff's hood lift and their support of the hood across two of the cross braces

https://dufftuff.com/product/hood-struts-metal-and-fiberglass-hoods-1966-77-bronco/

 

[Oldtimer]

When I bought hood struts, I settled on Duffs, because they had the support across both cross braces and the strut anchor points on the hood were farther from the hinges.

 

[bfoldy]

Yep, the Duff mounts help spread the load better than all the other options, plus you can add 1” square stock in that area as extra reinforcement.


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[Madgyver]

square stock that fits in the channel perhaps?

I did this to my hood which is now on Taz's FireBronco

 

[DeezNCSU]

Another vote for the Duff's, bought them for the extended hood mounts.

 

[904Bronco]

Well here is another option that showed up in my email today, a little easier for the pocket book, especially if you already have an existing hood shock set-up.

https://tomsoffroad.com/products/hood-prop-stiffening-braces?externalId=lmoo5

 

[PCB 4x4]

I bond a piece of 1/2 square tubing to the underside of all our hoods.

 

[75MIKE]

Another Duff's vote. Awesome

 

[BronCowie]

square stock that fits in the channel perhaps?

A bronco-buddy of mine did this and it was a simple, clean and effective solution.

 

[bigmuddy]

Well here is another option that showed up in my email today, a little easier for the pocket book, especially if you already have an existing hood shock set-up.

https://tomsoffroad.com/products/hood-prop-stiffening-braces?externalId=lmoo5

Well there you go. The kit should come with those!

 

[bigmuddy]

When I bought hood struts, I settled on Duffs, because they had the support across both cross braces and the strut anchor points on the hood were farther from the hinges.

Same. I had a set from BC years ago for a fiberglass hood and they were bonded to the hood with a supplied epoxy. Worked great.

 

[Skiddy]

square stock that fits in the channel perhaps?

Yes 1” square tubing fits perfectly

 

[PCB 4x4]

I'm pretty sure 1 inch is to big to fit inside the channel

 

[WPS 73 Bronco]

Well here is another option that showed up in my email today, a little easier for the pocket book, especially if you already have an existing hood shock set-up.

https://tomsoffroad.com/products/hood-prop-stiffening-braces?externalId=lmoo5

Thanks. That’s what I just purchased.