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frame rivets
Can I put new rivets in the frame
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Re: frame rivets
If you have airtools: rivet hammer, bucking bar and a hot forge, then sure, why not?
Most of us replace them with Grade 8 nuts and bolts [not to forget washers and lockwashers, and double-nut 'em if there's room] and call it good.
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Re: frame rivets
Yes you can, I've done it, but it's not easy !
Gary
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Re: frame rivets
Do you think a frame shop would do it
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Re: frame rivets
Certainly. It's your money. IMHO the Grade 8 bolts are better: you can tighten them up yourself in the boonies, if they work loose. If the hot rivets work loose, its back to the shop.
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Re: frame rivets
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Also - 3/8 bolts were used as a repair for missing/miss hit rivets on the assembly line.
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Re: frame rivets
I can't speak for rivets but I can say that when I used to work in a couple different body shops once in a while we'd have a truck come in that had a spring hanger or something like that knocked off. We always used grade 8s for the repair.
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