Install Hood, Headlight, Hinge Bracket And Hinge Support - Arctic Cat Panther 1974 Manual

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4. If the hood hinge bracket needs to be
removed, proceed to step 5. If the headlight
and/or headlight housing needs to be
replaced, proceed to steps 6-8. If the belly
pan-mounted hinge support needs to be
replaced, proceed to steps 9-11.
5. Remove the two slotted machine screws,
rubber washers and lock nuts that hold the
hinge bracket to the hood, Fig. VII-95, using
a 7/16-inch socket and screwdriver having a
7/16-inch blade. Repeat this step on opposite
hinge bracket.
Fig. VII-95
6. Disconnect the headlight harness from the
headlight; then remove headlight harness from
hood.
7. Press ends of headlight retaining wire together
until it disengages from the keepers. Remove
headlight from housing.
8. Remove the four machine screws, washers and
lock nuts that hold headlight housing in the
hood, using a 1/4-inch wrench and a phillips
screwdriver having a no. 1 blade. Slide
headlight housing out of hood.
9. Remove reflector, reflectorized strip and vinyl
strip from the bumper (see Remove Reflector,
Reflectorized Strip and Vinyl Strip, page
VII-32l.
VII-30
10. Remove the two machine screws and lock
nuts that hold the hinge support to the sides
of the belly pan and bumper, using a
7/16-inch socket and phillips screwdriver
having a no. 3 blade.
11. Remove the four mach ine screws and lock
nuts that hold the hinge support to the front
of the belly pan, using a 7/16-inch socket and
screwdriver having a 7/16-inch blade. Hinge
support should now be free of the belly pan.
Install Hood, Headlight, Hinge Bracket and Hinge
Support
Equ i pment Necessary: 7/ 16-lnch Socket,
Screwdriver Having a 7/16-lnch Blade, Phillips
Screwdriver Having a No. 3 Blade, 1/4-lnch
Wrench, Phillips Screwdriver Having a No.1 Blade
and Screwdriver Having a 1/4-1 nch Blade
1. If the belly pan-mounted hinge support was
removed, proceed to steps 2-4. If the
headlight housing was removed, proceed to
steps 5-7. If the hood hinge bracket was
removed, proceed to step 8.
2. Place hinge support into position in front of
belly pan. Retain center of hinge support to
front of belly pan with four machine screws
and lock nuts, using a 7/16-inch socket and
screwdriver having a 7/16-inch blade. DO
NOT TIGHTEN MACHINE SCREWS AT
THIS TIME.
3. Retain ends of hinge support to sides of belly
pan and bumper with two machine screws and
lock nuts, using a 7/16-inch socket and
phillips screwdriver having a no. 3 blade.
4. I nstall vinyl strip, reflectorized strip and
reflector (see Install Vinyl Strip,
Reflectorized Strip and Reflector, page
VII-33).
5. Install headlight housing in hood with four
machine screws, washers and lock nuts, using
a 1/4-inch wrench and a phillips screwdriver
having a no. 1 blade.
6. I nstall headlight on back of headlight housing
with retaining wire.
7. I nstall headlight harness on inside of hood;
then push connector over headlight terminals.
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