[Shop-talk] Leaky rivets

[mike rambour]

What about sweating some solder in there like you would a copper pipe
joint, heat it up just enough to ooze solder into the joint ?

	mike

On Tue, 2009-05-19 at 17:18 -0500, Karl Vacek wrote:
> It's just back from Redi-Strip.  Clean and ready to seal - though I'll shoot 
> brake cleaner and then flow some metal prep down there a day before anyway.
> 
> Thanks !
> Karl
> 
> 
> > Karl Vacek wrote:
> >> I worry about cyanoacrylates (crazy glue) as being too brittle - are some 
> >> grades more flexible ?
> >
> > I'd tend to agree.
> >
> >> Someone on the MG T-Series list suggested green Loctite 290 - I think 
> >> that's the one for already-assembled fasteners.  Anyone ever use that as 
> >> a sealant ??
> >
> > It sounds like the best alternative, but I'd doubt that anything's going 
> > to work unless and until the area around the hole, the shank, and the head 
> > are clean.