Front Wheel Hub/Rivet
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Front Wheel Hub/Rivet
OK.....So I drilled out my rivets enough to get my front rotor off of the hub on my 78. After I pulled the rotor off I noticed that I have the remaining rivets poking out enough to interfere when I place the new rotor on. How do I get the remaining rivets out of the hub without doing damage to the hub? And yes what is the easiest?
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Apr 2009
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From: Great Plains Iowa
OK.....So I drilled out my rivets enough to get my front rotor off of the hub on my 78. After I pulled the rotor off I noticed that I have the remaining rivets poking out enough to interfere when I place the new rotor on. How do I get the remaining rivets out of the hub without doing damage to the hub? And yes what is the easiest?
Thanks!
Thanks!
You'll have to grind the extra rivet material off the face then drive them out with a 5/16" flat punch. They'll come out hard because they are swelled to fit the hole (like rivets are supposed to do)
Le Mans Master
Joined: May 2006
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From: League City Tx
Just take a center punch and hammer the rivets out from the front (rotor side of the hub). They'll come right out, I just did mine a couple days ago. The drilling part was way harder then knocking out the remainder of the rivet.
