[AT] Rivet how-to

[DAVIESW739 at aol.com]

Larry I use my 1/2 in impact to push the rivets out and set the new ones  
with my tool not sure what brand it is buts pretty heavy duty and heavy to  
handle. My old arms just won't take all that wrench pulling anymore. I would  like 
to get a hydraulic press to do the work maybe this summer I will have  enough 
money saved up.  I have 7 ft. bars on my Massey mower  conditioner and they 
take a lots blades and twice that many rivets. 
the rivets are made from mild steel little or no carbon. You could use  grade 
3 bolts to get the same hardness. That's the bolts with no markings on the  
head. # marks are grade 5 and 6 marks are grade 8. then you get into the 
special  types.  2 marks at 90 deg. is stainless steel. 
Caterpillar  bolts are 4140 steel that are marked with CAT on the  head.  You 
need to replace cat bolts with cat bolts even if they do cost a  lot more. 
 
Walt  Davies
Cooper Hollow Farm
Monmouth, OR 97361
503 623-0460