how to shoot this rivet?

[Tommy123]

Originally Posted by wirejock

No CherryMax in 3/32. You might ask Vans about going up to #4 and using a CherryMax.
I have a variety of home brew bars. I have a thin tungsten that fits almost everywhere. I often taped the heavy tungsten to it for extra mass.
The tight spots were done with a piece of steel thin enough to fit. Even a flat blade screwdriver will work. The heavy tungsten was taped to the steel bar as close to the impact point as possible. It adds the mass. Same problem with rivets near the roll bar if you have a slider.

There are no structural 3/32 Cherry Max rivets. 3/32 Cherry is NOT a Max and NOT structural.

[wirejock]

Originally Posted by Tommy123

There are no structural 3/32 Cherry Max rivets. 3/32 Cherry is NOT a Max and NOT structural.

Isn't that what I said?

[Tommy123]

Sorry. You were correct.

[Stoo]

That row of rivets are 4's (1/8").
Stewart Willoughby,6

[Desert Rat]

no, they are 3's until you get to the 1/2 dozen or so up by the firewall.

Here's a picture of the backside.

I'm just looking for a silver bullet and there probably isn't one. I'm going to ponder this for a while and see what sort of Rube Goldberg bucking bar I can come up with.

[PaulvS]

Something like this bar might work, made from 3/8 thick structural steel angle.

[PilotjohnS]

Originally Posted by Desert Rat

no, they are 3's until you get to the 1/2 dozen or so up by the firewall.

Here's a picture of the backside.

I'm just looking for a silver bullet and there probably isn't one. I'm going to ponder this for a while and see what sort of Rube Goldberg bucking bar I can come up with.

Yup, I used a chisel with the tungsten bar resting on the chisel a little below the deck. I taped the chisel and bar together so it was easier to hold them at the same time.

[wirejock]

Originally Posted by PilotjohnS

Yup, I used a chisel with the tungsten bar resting on the chisel a little below the deck. I taped the chisel and bar together so it was easier to hold them at the same time.

It works! Been there, done that many times.
I have a thin tungsten bar. It's about 1/4" thick. Works great for those tight spots. No idea where I got it but I can look it up in my records. When I tape the big tungsten to it, it's really got some mass.

[rv6n6r]

Mild steel 3/8" thick or so (I keep a few laying around for just this sort of thing). Backed up with a heavy bucking bar for mass.

[Desert Rat]

Victory.

I looked at this again after sleeping on it and realized that the whole issue is that the aft lower edge of the forward canopy deck is in the way back there, and it's just a flange hanging in empty space.

Trimmed about 1/4" off it parallel to the longerons and suddenly I had enough room to get a 3/8" thick L shaped bucking bar in there.

Kudos to everybody who can stand on their head and use a screwdriver as a bucking bar, but I've tried stuff like that before and sad to say, thats a skill set thats hit or miss for me. this was eezy peeze.

Thanks for all the suggestions!