I need a rivet lesson

[Timothy B.]

Re: I need a rivot lesson

Here are the rivets I set on my 63 carrier, they look good enough for me.

[Chris S.]

Re: I need a rivet lesson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxyy8_K03w0

The factory worker in the video assembled the core support with the gun on the head side.......around the 18.00 mark

[Terry L.]

Re: I need a rivot lesson

Did GM ever us a rivet squeezer to set rivets or just the pneumatic hammer and bucking bar

[Chris S.]

Re: I need a rivot lesson

Yes
If you look in Nolans book - there is photos of a guy using one on the outside flanges - He is wearing a skull cap beanie hat thing.....

[Mike M.]

Re: I need a rivot lesson

I set my rivets using the aircraft method pounding on the flat side. I took a few different bucking bars made from scrap around my garage. they don't have to be heavy like the aircraft style for steel or SS rivets. I concaved them in a few places to get the dimple. I find its easier to get a tighter finish between the parts that way. Some rivets i had to do the other way because either the gun or the bar wouldn't fit. Having a few cleco's and the pliers for holding the parts together is handy and easier then bolting them together and removing the bolts as you put in the rivets. The main thing is the rivets are the right length for the parts. To long the dimple won't form correctly, to short no dimple and won't hold. Practice, Practice, makes it easy.