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Rocker cover rivets

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Lin

Lin

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When installing the rivets to secure the two plates on top of the rocker cover do you just place the top of the cover (head of rivet) against something hard and then hit the hollow rivet shaft with a ball peen hammer on the inside of the rocker cover? No reason to heat one of these little hollow rivets is there?

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Lin
1960 BT7 in restoration
1959 Bugeye
 
My experince is that using a hammer is the risky way to go. I put the stuff in a small arbor press and crush it with the press. The process is way more controlled and less likley to dent the wrong thing. No heat required.
 
If you have a local Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) chapter nearby, one of their members will be more than happy to squeeze those suckers on properly for you.
 
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