Rear compartment door rivet installation
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Rear compartment door rivet installation
Trying to figure out how to install the rivets in the hinges.
Do I have to smash them, or something like that, once in place?.
http://www.mamotorworks.com/Corvette...-door-602461-1
Do I have to smash them, or something like that, once in place?.
http://www.mamotorworks.com/Corvette...-door-602461-1
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Hi c,
The rivets in your link are known as flat head soft aluminum rivets.
They were set at the factory using a fitting in the end of an air hammer.
If you have access to such a tool you can set them that way too.
If you don't, you can use a small tool similar to a large 'nail set' and a hammer.
In either case the flat end of the rivet must be 'bucked', (firmly held in place), while the rivet is being 'set'. If the access allows it the head of a sledge hammer works well as a 'buck'.
Good Luck!
Regards,
Alan
A rivet set with the tool on an underbody bracket.
The rivets in your link are known as flat head soft aluminum rivets.
They were set at the factory using a fitting in the end of an air hammer.
If you have access to such a tool you can set them that way too.
If you don't, you can use a small tool similar to a large 'nail set' and a hammer.
In either case the flat end of the rivet must be 'bucked', (firmly held in place), while the rivet is being 'set'. If the access allows it the head of a sledge hammer works well as a 'buck'.
Good Luck!
Regards,
Alan
A rivet set with the tool on an underbody bracket.
Last edited by Alan 71; May 19, 2016 at 09:25 AM.
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