Rivets
I have a 50 year old alummacraft 16 ft all riveted boat, it is in very good
condition. But has a few rivets missing rivets or worn down. Can i use a
newmatic rivet gun and pop rivets to repair it? Thanks to the smart guys tht
instructed me on how to remove the flywheel from a 1956 johnson. Your info
was right on. The flywheeklwas corroded to the crank woodruf key was ok. I
used about half a can of rust releaser and two days of soaking. Thanks again
Willie P
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willie
Sep 19
2006
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| I haven't thought about riveting that way since Jr. High Industrial
Arts... |
Gene
Sep 21
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| Solid aluminum rivets are easily set with a hand tool. Takes two people
on a boat, as one person is on inside with a bucking bar, and the other is
on the outside with a hammer and steel tool with a mushroom depression. http://www.rivetsinstock.com/rivet62.htm for one example. |
Calif
Sep 20
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| ???? What kind of hand tool ???? Solid rivets usually require a rivet gun and bucking bar or a rivet
squeezer.... more than $10, for sure.... |
Gene
Sep 20
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| You don't need to use a pneumatic gun... a manual gun is fine. Just make
sure to use aluminum pop-rivets. Drill out the old one, glop some silicone
on both sides of the hole, and install the new rivet. A little silicone on
the rivet (on the outside) when you're done, won't hurt either. --Mike "willie p via BoatKB.com" <u26713@uwe> wrote in message |
MGG
Sep 19
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| Get some Kroil for the next time you have such a problem, it'll work faster and
not make such a mess because you'd use only a few drops of it. |
Jeff
Sep 18
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| That depends.... will any of the rivets be below the waterline? If
they are a "pop" rivet they will likely leak and a solid aluminum
rivet will be a better solution... |
Gene
Sep 19
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| Get solid Truss head rivets. Just Google for tools and rivets. I think a
pound of rivets will be abou $15 and the hand tool should not be more than
$10. |
Calif
Sep 19
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