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Originally Posted by Jwawhite
After loosening the bolts, then aligning the door, is the nut held in place or does a wrench need to hold the nut upon tightening the bolt? If I need to get a wrench to hold the nut, how did you do it?
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The hinge center nuts (hidden under the front fenders) cannot fall out
and cannot turn after the center bolt is loosened or even if the bolt is completely removed. The center nut is encased in a formed channel which only allows movement of the nut sideways. The amount of sideways travel adjustment is only limited by the slotted hole thru the front of the cowl behind the channel.
You do not need to hold the slide-able center nuts. They cannot turn.
The only problem you need to worry about with the center nuts is that they are usually stuck in their current position by the factory roofing cement that is poured all over that channel.
If you stick your head under the car between the fender splash shield and the cowl, you should be able to see the bottom hinge sliding nut pretty good with a little flashlight. That way you might be able to see all the tar sealer dumped all over that area (which was painted over with the overcoat at the factory).
For the top one, if you can stick your head down by that little opening adjacent to the hood hinge, you might be able to see the top one pretty good just for the sake of inspecting it and determine if you need to chip off some of the tar sealer.
If it is necessary to chip off some sealer, I highly recommend sealing it back up with a glob of refrigeration "duxseal" (putty) AFTER the door adjustments are complete.