[Healeys] Rear shroud rivets

[warthodson at aol.com]

 The shop that did my metal work found a novel approach. They used a die to create threads on the shaft of the rivet & used a nut on the underside of the rivet to tighten it down. They did have to create a special tool out of a set of plyers to hold the rivet from turning while tightening the nut. The result is completely original in appearance.Gary Hodson
    On Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 12:51:08 AM CDT, alfuller194 at gmail.com <alfuller194 at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 I don’t know or recall what kind of rivets were originally used on the Healeys, but it sounds like you are trying to avoid having to 'buck' traditional rivets to make the shop head. If so, and you want pulled rivets that have no hole left after the mandrel is pulled out - then maybe you want to look into "Closed-End Blind Rivets"....

If you want to have traditional rivets, you can find the local Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) chapter near you. Most likely there will be person or persons who are or have built aircraft requiring bucking lots and lots of rivets - and who would most likely be happy to take the 20 minutes to do yours!

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All the best,

Al Fuller

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From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Donald Tate
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2023 10:24 AM
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: [Healeys] Rear shroud rivets

Getting ready to install the rivets in the rear shroud. Is there a ‘modern’ alternative to the peened factory rivets? 
Or a modern way to peen the rivets by hand?  I assume the factory had a special tool for this purpose. 



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