Maybe I'm the only one on this forum who didn't know about these, but wow!
Man, how did I ever live without these things! For all the years I have owned airplanes, I have changed brake pads with one of those little red hammer frame thingies, driving out the old rivets and pounding in the new ones with a hammer.
When I changed pads the other day, Karl (RV8N) loaned me his Avery Die set made for this purpose. I put them in my squeezer, inserted the brake pad/rivet combination, and squeezed the trigger. How civilized! And the rivets were perfect - just like the ones that come from the Cleveland factory. I had never been able to put brake rivets in without getting little splits before.
One of life's little luxuries for not much money....once you own a squeezer of course!
Paul
Man, how did I ever live without these things! For all the years I have owned airplanes, I have changed brake pads with one of those little red hammer frame thingies, driving out the old rivets and pounding in the new ones with a hammer.
When I changed pads the other day, Karl (RV8N) loaned me his Avery Die set made for this purpose. I put them in my squeezer, inserted the brake pad/rivet combination, and squeezed the trigger. How civilized! And the rivets were perfect - just like the ones that come from the Cleveland factory. I had never been able to put brake rivets in without getting little splits before.
One of life's little luxuries for not much money....once you own a squeezer of course!
Paul
