[AT] Rivets and rivet countersink

[Cecil Bearden]

Just an afterthought.  Most brake shoes are bonded.  A heat curing glue 
is used to glue the shoe to the lining.  If you can find the glue the 
rivets would hold the lining on until the glue would set.  I have a 
brake shoe oven, bought long ago at a Chrysler dealership that started 
out as a blacksmith shop in the late 1800's.  However, the glue can was 
empty and no label.
Cecil

On 12/29/2019 8:27 AM, szabelski at wildblue.net wrote:
> Harbor Freight has countersink sets that cut at different angles. I would think that one of these would be what you’re looking for(???). Don’t know what you think of HF tools, but if you’re not going into the business of brake shoe rebuilding, they should be good enough for what you need.
>
> If the holes in the shoes are a little large for the rivets, set the rivet in the hole and use a pointed punch to expand the river in the hole after you partially peen it down. Then finish peening it in.
>
> Carl
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> Happy New Year,Since it is quiet on the list.... I will see if there are ideas for several different rivet jobs I have in the future.  This is Deere stuff, ca. 1936 to 1945, clutch pulley brakes, service brake on a BR, and something else that escapes my mind right now.  Some holes are larger than they were original, ... and with the different projects, I need a variety of diameters, and lengths.  I have the brake lining, just need to cut to length.  I have a very old thing to make a big drill into a drill press, that I think will work well to set the rivets.  If I still lived in Santa Maria, I would take to Coast Clutch and Brake, but my basic research up here indicates the closest shop for riveting like I need is 250 miles away.
> So, question #1, .... is there a source for rivets without having to buy 100 at a time?
> Question #2, .... I think I will need at least three different countersinks.  I bought some brake rivets from the Model A Ford place, and they had a countersink for those..... basically looked like a dulled down spade bit.
> If that is what it takes, I can buy a couple of bits that are close, and use my grinder and a file to make them look like the countersink from the Model A Ford place.
> Thanks in advance for reading.  Take care,
> John Ferndale, CA
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