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MS3DALE Senior Enthusiast

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Any of you guys with '05 Chevy HD's have hood flutter?

Only reason I'm asking is because yesterday I took an '05 2500HD (Crew-Cab-DMAX/Allison) on dealer trade (From Pittsburgh to Charleston,WV.) for an Ext.Cab 2500HD and the Crew-Cabs hood fluttered like crazy on the way down above 45-50 MPH and the Ext.Cab's hood didn't flutter at all on the way back.

MS3DALE Senior Enthusiast

MS3DALE

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That may be it,The way it was fluttering it seemed like it was the sheetmetal itself,You know how thin it is these days! :cheers:

dewfpo Senior Enthusiast

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Yes my 05 HD hood flutters driving down the highway. I plan on adjusting the rubber snubbers but haven't done it yet. Surprized it left the factory that way.

 

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jwhjr Enthusiast

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Yes my 05 HD hood flutters driving down the highway. I plan on adjusting the rubber snubbers but haven't done it yet.  Surprized it left the factory that way.

 

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How do you adjust them? I hear/see mine fluttering from time to time and was wondering how to make it stop.

MS3DALE Senior Enthusiast

MS3DALE

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Its easy,Just open the hood and on both sides of the radiator support on top there are rubber bumpers,Just turn them up or down as needed.

Trouttrooper Enthusiast

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no flutter from my hood. Had to demonstrate to the father in law the other day that the truck was governed at 99mph :cheers: . No flutter at that speed either. Your's most likely just needs adjusting.

curly Enthusiast

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Mine does this also... it does look more like the thin sheet metal they are using "fluttering" :cheers: .

MS3DALE Senior Enthusiast

MS3DALE

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Yea,Thats what I thought...Its more of the sheetmetal itself than the hood being out of adjustment.

I'm going to have to take a couple different HD's for some test drives and see how they do.

99-2door Senior Enthusiast

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A lot of the 99-02 and 03-up hoods are weak right in front og the hinge plate on the rear. When you close some of them you can see it flex right there. Every time I see that I can just imagine the hood bending in 2 right there. Yikes!

jchitwo Enthusiast

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Most are right, on the sss forum we were discussing the "hood flutter" effect, at different speeds, most of us a simple rubber bumper adjustment and it mostly went away at "normal" freeway speeds, but anything 95+ well.... :fume:

Superman TNT Enthusiast

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When I picked up my new 2500HD back in March and left the dealers lot I thought the hood was unlatched it fluttered so badly. I was waiting for it to fly open. I stopped as quickly as possible and checked it out. It was firmly latched. I didn't have time to deal with it then so I just left it. About 2 weeks later I had the OEM hood removed and replaced it with a Goodmark all steel 2" cowl riser hood. When I got it back from the body shop the new hood didn't have the problem.

 

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