[AT] Rivet how-to

[Gene Dotson]

    I will add my comments to Cecil's suggestion. First find the
center of the rivet and drill INTO the rivet from from the
swaged end. Do not drill all the way through. Leave the head
portion undrilled and use a straight shank, blunt punch just a
little smaller than the hole and drive it out with an adequately
sized hammer. This will actually stretch the rivet and reduce
the size so will come out easier. You are actually pulling the
rivet out as opposed to pushing on it, which will actually
enlarge the rivet and make it that much harder to remove.

    Gene, from snowy, blowy Ohio



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From: "Cecil Bearden" <crbearden at copper.net>
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: Drill a small hole thru th rivet first to relieve the internal
pressure It
: should come out "fairly" easily..
:
: Cecil in Okla
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:
:
: >
: > Well it seems I'll be in the tool making business. While
hydraulics would
: > be the easiest, I'll have to stick with something with a
bolt for
: > compression. Hopefully a 3/4 air wrench will do this as I
have lots to do.
: > I did notice yesterday afternoon the front wheels have
different rivets.
: > got to thinking that removing these things might be fun. At
first I was
: > thinking about just torching the heads, but if the rivets
are swaged in
: > the hole, it's gonna get interesting.
: >
: > Thanks for all the input fellows, I'll let you know how this
turns out.
: >
: > John
: >
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