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How To Replace Hood Strut 2010-17 GMC Terrain

Created on: 2014-02-07

How to repair, install, fix, change or replace, broken, weak or sagging tailgate lift support struts on GMC Terrain, all years.

  1. step 1 :Removing the Hood Support
    • Have an assistant support the hood
    • Pry off the clip at the bottom of the hood support with a flat blade screwdriver or pick
    • Pull off the bottom of the hood support
    • Pry off the clip at the top of the hood support with a flat blade screwdriver or pick
    • Pull off the top of the hood support
  2. step 2 :Installing the New Hood Support
    • Installing the New Hood Support
    • Push the bottom of the hood strut into place
    • Push the top of the hood strut into place

Tools needed

  • Flat Blade Screwdriver

    Assistant

    Pick

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In this video, we're going to show you how to replace the hood strut on this 2014 GMC Terrain. The only tool that you're going to need for this is a flat blade screwdriver, or a pick, and you're going to need a person to hold the hood up while you remove the strut.

The strut's held on with a clip down here that you just have to pry out, and there's another clip up here, You've got to do the same thing. You just pry it out and pull it off the stud. Have someone hold the hood, and then do the top one.

Take your new strut, push the bottom part onto the stud, and it'll reclip. Do the same thing with the top one, and you're all set

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