[Shop-talk] Leaky rivets

[Karl Vacek]

Wellll, it's possible to re-peen them or replace them, but there's little 
point in doing so AFAIK.  They're tight - but a few are a little weepy.  I 
don't know what they really accomplish other than as a manufacturing step - 
the seams are welded right next to the rivets - they seem to have been in 
lieu of more substantial fixturing - or maybe MG thought it'd look more 
old-fashioned that way ;-)

But it doesn't seem worth the investment in a rivet set and bucking bar to 
make the perfect domed heads when therre's no structural advantage to 
replacing them - just a few less spots on the floor.

Karl


> Is there no way to re-peen the rivets? Correctly installed the body of the 
> rivet should expand slightly to fill the hole. The head would not be the 
> main 'leak-proof' mechanism.
>
> (Can we use "leak proof" in the same sentence as 'MG"...?)
>
> Eric Russell
> Mebane, NC
> http://home.mebtel.net/~ejrussell 
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