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| jr91472 |
 Feb 26 2005, 12:00 PM
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"I'm pacing myself sergeant..."  Group: Members Posts: 1,205 Joined: 2-August 04 From: McKinney, TX Member No.: 2,437  |
My rockers are looking pretty tired. So I am planning to remove, strip, and re-paint.
They are currently on with rivets which I assume I can simply drill out. Correct? But how to I re-install? Never done any riveting. Is it hard? Can you buy a cheap revit gun? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif) Or, is there a better alternative. I am a little lost here, so any suggestions / directions would be appreciated. thx (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/pray.gif) |
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| wilchek |
Feb 26 2005, 04:32 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 506 Joined: 8-June 04 From: Eastern Pennsylvania Member No.: 2,177 |
I just put my rockers back on today. I was going to use screws, but to keep it looking original, I put the rivits back in. Took five minutes to do. Use 1/8 (1/8x1/4 to be exact) rivets with any rivet gun. Just put the rivert in the hole with the long end of the nail pointing up. Put the nail point in the rivet gun hole and squeeze the handle a couple of times. On the second or third squeeze the nail part will break off and the rivet will be flush. It is a lot easire than it sounds. GOOD LUCK
EDIT: Oh yeah, The bolts on the bottom of the rocker covers are 6MM X 12 (or 16 mm long) and the two screws in the fender well are #8X3/4. I used a hex head for both, as I think they are less prone to strip out. The bottom three bolts are tight with the hex head, but fit. I was unable to find stainless 6MM bolts so I ended up with zinc and stainless washers. GOOD LUCK RIVET GUN: http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?...pid=00974731000 RIVETS: http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?...pid=00974618000 |
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