Re: Loose rivets

Posted by Ken_P On 2014/12/31 19:06:07

I don't "know", but what I would do, and I think would work is to heat the rivet cherry hot with a torch, put a heavy sledge on one side (you hold or a helper, depending on the geometry) and then peen the back side of the rivet with a hammer. If you hit the center first, it should compress the whole rivet and tighten everything up.

Just my two cents worth.

Another option would be air chisel off the old rivets and install new ones, one at a time would probably be the easiest.