Control arm ball joint riveting
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From: Langley B.C Canada
Control arm ball joint riveting
Decided to re rivet my new ball joints, the correct way..
I had to build a jig with my vice and miscellaneous bits and pieces around the garage, to make it work, but a bit of time and put some thought into it, I managed to come up with a good outcome.
The trick is to hot rivet, as just using a impact hammer and the proper driver bit, won't cut it!
I had to build a jig with my vice and miscellaneous bits and pieces around the garage, to make it work, but a bit of time and put some thought into it, I managed to come up with a good outcome.
The trick is to hot rivet, as just using a impact hammer and the proper driver bit, won't cut it!
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 232
Likes: 2
From: Langley B.C Canada
Decided to re rivet my new ball joints, the correct way..
I had to build a jig with my vice and miscellaneous bits and pieces around the garage, to make it work, but a bit of time and put some thought into it, I managed to come up with a good outcome.
The trick is to hot rivet, as just using a impact hammer and the proper driver bit, won't cut it!
I had to build a jig with my vice and miscellaneous bits and pieces around the garage, to make it work, but a bit of time and put some thought into it, I managed to come up with a good outcome.
The trick is to hot rivet, as just using a impact hammer and the proper driver bit, won't cut it!
I practiced on some scrap steel, a few times, because once its in there, you do not want to have to re heat the rivet, if you don't to it correct the first time.
A good practice is to take a grade 8 1/4 inch bolt with a 1 inch of shank, and cut off the threaded part, to simulate a rivet, then practice with that to anchor to pieces of scrap steel similar to the thickness of the balljoint and control arm thickness.
