Hasse
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| posted on 31/1/03 at 06:15 PM |
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Ali or stainless rivets?
Hello,
I´ve read that you need to use stainless steel rivets to "bond" alu to the steel tubes.
Is this true?
Any experiences from using alu rivets?
I have a welded steel floor, but everything else will be alu.
Thank´s in advance.
/Hasse
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 31/1/03 at 09:45 PM |
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If you are going to use a hand riveter, you are going to get tinseenotinitis, tenosetintous, tinisinitinitis,...........really bad wrist ache, S/S
rivets are hard as hell
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Viper
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| posted on 31/1/03 at 10:10 PM |
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go with the stainless, much better in the long run..
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 31/1/03 at 11:07 PM |
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most people seem to be using alu they are cheaper and easier to work with.
the long run only applies if you know you are gonna keep the car a long while.......
also, a lot of people use a bonding agent - like sikaflex - to help hold the alu to the frame between rivets.
atb
steve
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kingr
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| posted on 3/2/03 at 12:46 PM |
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I think I'll use SS rivets, the sound of 101 rivet heads jangling around in my chassis tubes would probably drive me insane. Plus I've got a air
driven hydraulic riveter, so I may as well make full use of that  .
Kingr
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