A rubber mallet is helpful. I forget which way the tap the inner cover. If I remember correctly I opened the little glovebox and inserted a block of wood and tapped. It doesn't have to move far. Good Lck and be gentle and careful. Seadoo seems to have gone to great lengths to design cheap plastic parts that get brittle and brake if you look at them too hard. I ad to epoxy the tapped plastic fittings at the bottom of the hood.