mortificationrock

Well i tried opening my hood today and the latch thing inside the car thats used to open the hood......SNAPPED. Wtf? now i have to opne it the hard way by pulling the damm cable. How can i repair this? Can i just purchase the plastic piece or is it the whole damm cable?

billyinse

youi can do just the plastic i belive hit up tha junk yard man

HitF8

you can get one at the dealer for pretty cheap and it will come with the plastic piece and the cable. or you could get one at a junk yard.

mortificationrock

Can anyone confirm if i have ti buy the whole cable or can i just buy the piece? Since im getting to diffirent answers.

BrianFreels

you would be better off just buying a new one from honda, you cant just get the plastic piece you have to replace the whole cable, atleast i did when my girlfriends snapped, but they are really cheap through honda so i would just replacce the hole thing, and its really easy to do, 10 minute job max

eskimo10

is it just the handle that broke? if so you have to replace the whole cable, well thats what I had to do anyway, but it gave me the perfect reason to re-route my hood release cable.

silentone

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mine broke off along time ago too. i just use pliers to pull on what used to be the handle. and i believe that you get the whole cable and the plastic piece if bought from the dealer.

mortificationrock

Yeah its just the handle that snapped....i can just open it with my fingers. No need for pliers....its just tha it sux and looks ghetto opening it like that. Might as well buy the cable and re route it just like the other guy stated....now i have an excuse...LoL

honda.lioness

Buy both the plastic piece and the whole cable at a junkyard for a few bucks. Here is a writeup on how to replace the whole assembly: http://honda.lioness.googlepages.com/hoodreleasecable. It is not a hard job unless you never work with tools.

This part breaks often on Hondas.

NOFX

I've done this a few times so far.

You have to buy the entire cable. It's about $25 or so.

It runs through the interior of the car, through the driver's wheel well (above the fender liner), behind the driver's headlight, under the core support, just past the latch and then loops back around to come from the passenger side of the latch.

It's not difficult, but definitely not a ten minute job.

You'll have to remove the front bumper, kick panel on the driver's side and the fender liner (at least partially). It's pretty straight forward from there. Just follow it and route it out. The grommet in the foot well is a little difficult to put in, IIRC the last time I installed one I routed it from the interior out so the grommet would be easier to put back in.

They break because they're supposed to be pulled straight out, but because of where it is in relation to your arm most people naturally pull up a bit.

Unfortunately for me my hood latch is very tight for some reason, so it breaks them anyway. So I have to replace both if I don't want the cable to break.

OoAoO

i got this i loved it it looks so good and was esy to install
http://www.epictuning.com/hood_release.html

NOFX

Too bad it's um... kind of ugly.

I've always wanted an OE replica made of metal.

andoxviii

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x2, and this fact should be obvious the very first time you use it. If you continue using an upward motion after the first time, you deserve every bit of hassle and expense to replace it.

I'm not trying to be rude to the people who have broken theirs...but seriously guys...common sense FTW.

NOFX

As much as I try to pull it out straight, I'm pretty sure I pull up a little bit. Nonetheless my actual latch on the front of the car is super stiff (it's like the springs are backwards - lube does not work) and so I don't want to replace the cable until I get a new hood latch too.

jsusanka

Dude thanks

was it hard to get the rest of the plastic off the metal?

crownvic29

I found this on another post. Get a T-Handle tap from Menards/Lowes. Cut the old plastic off and put the T handle on and tighten with a wrench. It worked great. I am all about easy.

crownvic29

If you need a picture, let me know and I will see if I can post it.

dck1ng69

It's broken on mine too, I'm able to go deep and pull the cable with my thumb and index finger but nobody else that's tried on my car can for some reason...kinda funny when I get my oil changed, I have to help them

EsotericImage

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i was scouring local stores for one of these..

But cheap on Ebay

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Machined-Fin...-/121159686417

http://www.ebay.com/itm/POLISHED-ALU...-/261066553561

tubejim101

Here is how I fixed mine:

doctorake

LOL, I think he fixed it 5 years ago. OLD THREAD/LOCK THREAD

EsotericImage

iTrader: (8)

nah, its a decent tech thread.. someone will get some use out if it in the future

doctorake

In that case the OEM part from majestic honda is only $14.50

http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/...&catcgry5=HOOD