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Afternoon all...I bought a box of rivets, .25 X .75" with a flat top to replace a couple of rivets that were broken on my top frame and the box contains 65. I'm just guessing that I won't use that many rivets in my lifetime and I'll make them available if someone else needs some. Just pm your needs and once I receive mine I'll send them out.
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Off topic perhaps, but that reminds me. When you drill out a rivet, is it typical that a larger one must then go in? Assuming you did it correctly?
 
KVH said:
Off topic perhaps, but that reminds me. When you drill out a rivet, is it typical that a larger one must then go in? Assuming you did it correctly?
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Are you talking about drilling out the hole and making it larger? In my case the rivet is gone and a bolt lives there now and an original size rivet goes back in. If I was removing this style of rivet I would use an angle grinder to remove the end that was accessible.
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Rivets have been delivered and installed! The 3/4" length was cut down 1/8" and it fit perfectly...just inserted it and peened it over with a hammer with an anvil as a back stop. You can use a 5 lb or larger sledge and do the same thing, it didn't even mar the new paint job. let me know if you need any, I'm rivet rich!
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