So you're working on the suspension on your classic truck project you need to
take some rivets out we've got a few options on how to do it
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Hi I'm Damien with QA1. Today I'm going to run through a few options on removing
rivets from the frame on this c10 chassis ranging from hammer and chisel along
with a grinder you can drill the rivets out my personal
favorite's an air chisel or if you've got a torch or a plasma
cutter you can use that to take them out as well.
First method that I'm going to show you is drilling the rivet head and then
we'll probably end up using a chisel to knock the rest of it off.
The rivets are generally about a 7/16 diameter so if you go just a hair
smaller than that you shouldn't have to worry about
opening the hole up too large. Go ahead and center punch it
and then drill a pilot hole.
I'm not trying to go all the way through especially on this one where it's a
little off-centered. So I just want to get through the head.
For this method I'm going to go ahead and use a grinder and I'm going to cut a
couple slots in the head. Now in this particular rivet
I can't cut into it to do a nice x so it'll be offset a little bit
and then I'm going to come back with a hammer and chisel and knock the head of
the rivet off. And then we'd want to come back with a
punch and finish punching it out. This method will also work well if you
have a less powerful air chisel that you're using.
Cutting the notches in the head are going to help get the head off easier.
Sometimes when you're using a grinder with a hammer and chisel and
like in this case where I can't get in there to make a nice x in it
just cutting a number of slots in the head should make it come off easier.
For the third method I'm going to show you, you probably want to wear earplugs
the ear chisel does get kind of loud. This is by far the best way
I've found to remove rivets from a frame. But one quick note you do want to make
sure you're using a good sharp air chisel
if you've got a chisel bit that looks like this throw it away and get yourself
a new one this isn't going to do anything for you.
So that one is loose and pushed out but we've still got the other side attached.
Another way to take rivets out would be use a torch or a plasma cutter
basically you just want to knock the head of the rivet off and then you can
pound the rest of it out.
So I've showed you a few ways to get rivets out of a frame. My personal
favorite is still using the ear chisel. If you've got other options that work go
ahead and let us know. Make sure you subscribe
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