Dave Bailey
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| posted on 24/10/06 at 08:57 PM |
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What size rivet?
Going to use 3mm rivets for my ally panels on my velocity.... Anyone think these are to small? Plan to go 3mm rivet every 70mm
Dave B
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flak monkey
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| posted on 24/10/06 at 09:02 PM |
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For which panels?
For the floor on mine I used 4mm closed end rivets.
I see no reason why 3mm isnt enough for interior panels etc. they arent strutural at the end of the day (or the begining for that matter...)
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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RazMan
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| posted on 24/10/06 at 09:03 PM |
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If they are stainless they should be ok - alluminium rivets might not pull tight enough. You are using PU adhesive too right? In either case I would
use large headed 4-5mm on the floor panels.
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 24/10/06 at 09:04 PM |
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I used 1/8 (3.5mm) rivets on mine, but every 40mm, and a continuous bead of tiger seal to back them up, and at at each extremity of the ally sheets, a
20mm headed 5mm ally rivet to deter shearing. 70mm sems a bit sparce.
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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RichardK
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| posted on 24/10/06 at 09:16 PM |
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3mm on panels should be fine, would use 4.8 on floor though.
Rich
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Dave Bailey
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| posted on 24/10/06 at 09:24 PM |
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I have a welded floor so no probs there......
thanks
Dave B
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JackNco
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| posted on 25/10/06 at 07:12 AM |
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wouldn't bother riveting that then
Some people are worried about the difference between right and wrong. I'm worried about the difference between wrong and fun.
O'Rourke, P.J. (1989), Holidays in hell. London (Picador)
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zoom
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| posted on 25/10/06 at 08:17 AM |
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I hate rivets
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zetec7
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| posted on 25/10/06 at 02:53 PM |
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I'm going to use flush, solid aircraft rivets...they look fantastic, and much stronger than pop rivets. Expensive tools required, though...
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madman280
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| posted on 26/11/06 at 04:39 PM |
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I wonder how one would do solid rivits into the square tube. I just can't figure how one could blind rivit them without drilling holes in the
top of the tube.
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