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Posted by Chriscase [75.36.36.139] on Friday, December 03, 2010 at 23:17:44 :
In Reply to: Re: hood latch rivets posted by gmharris [71.105.47.144] on Friday, December 03, 2010 at 22:25:08 :
I rebuilt one of my handles, it was broken in half.
IIRC, bending the upper tab up let the shaft move to an inward angle, allowing the inner end of the latch/handle to fit out of the slot in the hood. Maybe the bottom tab needs to bend a bit too? 4-5years ago...
The rivets are hollow on the ends, right? While the usual machine is a foot powered press, a serviceable job can be done by flaring the end a bit with a umm dull center punch , and further up-setting with a few hammer blows. Back the head side up with a hunk of iron or a bigger hammer as a 'buck'. It's called 'bucking rivets'.
For the fender rivets, the buck I used was a length of 3/4 steel rod chucked in a lathe, then used a small wheel in a die grinder to hollow the end in a concave radius approximating the rivet head. I left it long for the mass needed, for the anvil effect. I'll need to look , take inventory, Get with me Nick for the loan.
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