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RandyAB 02-22-2018 02:52 PM

Aluminum rivets on stainless firewall
 
I notice a lot of AN rivets used on the firewall. Any concern for galvanic corrosion with doing this?

airguy 02-22-2018 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by RandyAB (Post 1241450)
I notice a lot of AN rivets used on the firewall. Any concern for galvanic corrosion with doing this?

Apparently not much more than concern for them melting out in a fire.

jibby212 02-22-2018 03:28 PM

I am always concerned with dissimilar metal corrosion but I live on the Florida coast and see its devastating effects all the time, I used Tef Gel on these rivets. Corrosion Scares me as you can see.

tgmillso 02-22-2018 07:27 PM

I wet set mine with 3m fire barrier 2000+, but at the end of the day, there a plenty of RV's built to spec with the stock riveting process. I just went that additional step because of corrosion I have seen on firewalls of other aircraft.
Tom.

wkevinm 02-28-2018 10:17 AM

Your post peaked my interest so I searched the internet on the topic. Found this site with a good description of the mechanism.

http://www.ssina.com/corrosion/galvanic.html


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