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cthulhu
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I am doing my least favorite thing right now.. body work.
i have a a package of assembly rivets and i need a tool
I dont need the original factory style tool.. looking for whatever tool will be easiest to use.
any advice ??
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thats the factory 2 man kind though.. where you have to have a person holding the tool on one side and the other person smacking it with a hammer on the other side.
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Vette(s): 69 Conv #'s match 427, TKO-600/.64, 3.36HD-Posi, HT, T/T, PS, PB, PW, SP, Leather, Comp XE264HR & Roller Rockers & Lifters, Air-Gap RPM intake, Holley St Av 770 VS, MSD 6AL+Dist+Blaster SS, K&N, Jet-Hot Hooker Side-Pipes, Steeroids, Al Rad, Spal Fans
i really dont have the option of getting someone to help me while im doing this as it is usually late at night after the rugrats are in bed...
is there any option of a one man tool?
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i am not shure about your area but car quest sells a huge ste that lookes like a giant set of bolt cutters we used ours to rivet on a saturn door skin and they where preety big rivets so i would check that option i think it was 50 or so dollar i have had mine a few years and only used that one time
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Vette(s): 69 Conv #'s match 427, TKO-600/.64, 3.36HD-Posi, HT, T/T, PS, PB, PW, SP, Leather, Comp XE264HR & Roller Rockers & Lifters, Air-Gap RPM intake, Holley St Av 770 VS, MSD 6AL+Dist+Blaster SS, K&N, Jet-Hot Hooker Side-Pipes, Steeroids, Al Rad, Spal Fans
Whwhat is the proper size of river for the 69
I have a packet of rivets from doc rebuild that is labeled 63-82 1/8th inch rivets but they do not measure 1/8
Now my 1/8th inch rivet tool referenced above is here... But doesn't fit the rivets. Do I have the wrong rivets or the wrong tool or both
I have a packet of rivets from doc rebuild that is labeled 63-82 1/8th inch rivets but they do not measure 1/8
Now my 1/8th inch rivet tool referenced above is here... But doesn't fit the rivets. Do I have the wrong rivets or the wrong tool or both
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I'd guess the rivets are incorrect. Most of the dimensions I've seen in the assy manuals are off-beat sizes, like X/32nds and such....
That being said, I see no reason why a more "standard" sized rivet wouldn't work just as well. If the Doc Rebuild rivets are labeled as 1/8th, but they're not, I'd think that is where the problem would be. Perhaps the good Doc. is using the factory sized rivets, instead of the more common 1/8th"?
What do your rivets measure, anyway?
That being said, I see no reason why a more "standard" sized rivet wouldn't work just as well. If the Doc Rebuild rivets are labeled as 1/8th, but they're not, I'd think that is where the problem would be. Perhaps the good Doc. is using the factory sized rivets, instead of the more common 1/8th"?
What do your rivets measure, anyway?
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i believe they are 3/16th.. didnt use a caliper..
anyway.. i wanted to use the factory size..
with corvette central selling two different tools in 2 different sizes... then doc rebuild saying there is only one size and it doesnt seem to match.
what does NCRS say about rivets?
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Vette(s): 69 Conv #'s match 427, TKO-600/.64, 3.36HD-Posi, HT, T/T, PS, PB, PW, SP, Leather, Comp XE264HR & Roller Rockers & Lifters, Air-Gap RPM intake, Holley St Av 770 VS, MSD 6AL+Dist+Blaster SS, K&N, Jet-Hot Hooker Side-Pipes, Steeroids, Al Rad, Spal Fans
the rivets i have in hand that are labeled 1/8th measure to 3/16th
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