[Shop-talk] Leaky rivets

[John T. Blair]

At 10:28 PM 5/17/2009, Karl Vacek wrote:

 >My MGTC's rear axle housing is a partially riveted assembly.  A few rivets
 >were leaking when I took it apart, and now that it's stripped and mostly
 >clean, I have a good chance to seal all of the rivets. ........

 >What else might flow into there, not be bothered by a little 
residual oil, and
 >seal the rivets ?

Karl,

For about $6 you might try a tube of epoxy putty from the auto parts store.
Take a little slice, need it to mix it and form a string.  Then lay 
it around the
head of the rivet and try to work it on so it transitions from the head to the
axle.

After I plumbed my shop for air, using black pipe, I had a couple of air leaks
I couldn't get rid of.  I had some of the putty laying around.  So I 
used it on
the leaking joints.  Problem solved.

John

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