[Shop-talk] Rivets won't pop
David Hillman
hillman at planet-torque.com
Fri Jan 14 13:54:14 MST 2011
On Fri, 14 Jan 2011, John Innis wrote:
> I'd suspect you just got a bunch of rivets that have gone bad. How
> far did the mandrel pull before it broke?
I'm not sure how far. It's possible they are corroded inside, I guess,
but they aren't very old. In fact, I bought a new box and tried those
without any better success. Penetrating oil is an interesting suggestion,
though. I also tried hitting them with a heat gun for a bit, before
installation, but that didn't help much if any, and was incredibly
time-consuming.
--
David Hillman
PS Tony, that was ~+30*, not negative. Although I have had to work on the
car on a frozen lake in ten below, that was a couple years ago. Would you
believe that I've been having no end of problems keeping the car from
overheating, despite it only racing in well-below-freezing weather?
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