when i pull the lever to unlatch the hood, it doesn't return into place.. so, since i had nothing better to do tonight, i decided to remove the hood latch mechanism and clean it (it was full of gunk, sand, etc.. if figured the latch was getting stuck on all that gunk).

anyway, i cleaned it, the thing went from black and gunky to a nice clean metal.. springs were fine, etc.. etc.. i reinstalled the damn thing and the latch still sticks!! it was the damn cable, not the mechanism! so, i still have to push the latch with a stick to get it back into place to lock (again, since it's the cable holding it open). so now, i don't know what to do short of replacing the cable.. anyone run into this issue before and fixed it?

tia..

 

lube the cable?

 

i tried that, will.. only about 1.5-2 inches of the cable show anyway... didn't do anything..

 

Mine is like that...latch doesn't like to move back to place.

However, I have a trick that I use to get it open, so I have no urge to fix it. No one can open my hood but me, kind of nice.

 

the latch opens just fine.. it's closing it that sucks.. i have to push the latch back into place.. ah well. it's no biggie, just a little annoying. at least the thing is nice and clean now..

 

is the cable in some kinda housing? like how brake cables are on a bike? maybe you can spray it in the housing, so the lube can work its way down?

 

yeah, it's just like a brake cable on a bike.. i tried to get some lube to work it's way inside the cable. no go. i'll probably try again when it's warmer.

 

Hey man. Go to a dirt bike store and buy a cable luber. It costs only like 8 bucks and it works incredible. I work at a dirtbike store and alot of car guys come up and buy them. Its really easy to do and you can blast wd 40 through the whole cable no probles