[Mgs] rivets without holes

Eric Russell ejrussell at mebtel.net
Tue Aug 4 12:32:00 MDT 2020


I bought a package from McMaster-Carr a few years ago. I have lots left.

Send me your mailing address & I will put a few in envelope.

To set the rivets I made a buck with a length of hardwood. Drill a small 
divot in the end, clamp the piece of wood in a vise, position the rivet 
head in the divot - through the ID plate & valve cover and peen over the 
end of the rivet. I started it by using a center punch in the end of the 
rivet then peened it over with a ball peen hammer.

Eric Russell
Mebane, NC

On 8/4/2020 2:00 PM, mgs-request at autox.team.net wrote:
> Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2020 10:34:17 -0500
> From: "dave" <dave at ranteer.com>
> To: <mgs at autox.team.net>
> Subject: [Mgs] rivets without holes
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> ISTR there was a thread a while back about rivets without holes in them
> (i.e. solid tops).  I need to rivet in the metal plates on the valve cover
> and I would like to do it correctly.
>
>   
>
> Can someone help me out?



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