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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: florida
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vent window seals
i want to change my vent window seals. i see in all the catalogs some rivets and a tool to install them.
has anyone done this themselves ??? are they regular rivets ??? and can a regular punch be used to install them ??? i just dont want to get it apart and not have something i need to finish the job. |
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Groves,TX
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Re: vent window seals
no, they are special rivets
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Lexington, SC
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Re: vent window seals
They use a special "punch" to seat them, but I bet you could do the same thing with a punch ground to a point to flare the rivet and a flat punch to flatten it. There are a couple rivets that are fun to do even with the right tool. The top ones where there's not a lot of room to get the tool in there.
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Buford, Ga.
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Re: vent window seals
I did it with a regular rivet tool. It was a little tricky to get it in the corners without scratching the fresh paint on the frames, but it seems to have worked fine.
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Dirdy Mo , North Carolina
Posts: 450
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Re: vent window seals
what kind of rivet tool works for these rivets?
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Amarillo, Texas
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Re: vent window seals
The special rivits I got from truckandcarshop were too short. I used regular pop rivits
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