Re: [Healeys] Rear Shroud Rivets <mailto:healeys-request@autox.team.net?subject=unsubscribe> <mailto:healeys-request@autox.team.net?subject=subscribe>

[robert westcott <55healey@comcast.net>]

I just ground the heads flat and used a block of steel (body block) on the
outside and a smaller ball peen hammer to "peen"  them over on the inside.
You need them to stick through about the same distance as the diameter of the
rivet before you tap them tight.

Rob

On Sep 14, 2012, at 7:07 AM, Michael Salter <michaelsalter@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've been trying to find the original flat head aluminum rivets used to
> attach the rear shroud.
> I've purchased some that are 1/4" long but I think that is too long for
> this application.
> Does anyone have any idea what the original length of these rivets was?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Michael Salter
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