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02-28-2009, 03:49 PM
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many, many excess rivets
Is it just me, or does Vans provide WAY more rivets than required with the kits?
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02-28-2009, 04:08 PM
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If you count them, maybe we can find out how many they expect us to have to drill out  .
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02-28-2009, 04:37 PM
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02-28-2009, 04:47 PM
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yes I have. I still have a bunch left.
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02-28-2009, 05:26 PM
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what do you mean...excess?!
You mean we're NOT supposed to use them all...?
Uh Oh...
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03-01-2009, 07:35 AM
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SShhhhh.....Don't complain when Van gives you something (anything!) for free! 
We just finished installing some new wheel pants - the design calls for (8) #8 nutplates, and that was what was in the kit. Granted, they did give us 20 rivets to install them (that's four extra!)......
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03-01-2009, 07:42 AM
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Rivets are very cheap. Shipping shortages is NOT!
Believe me, Van saves money in the long run by giving you too many.
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03-01-2009, 07:45 AM
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Cost
It's in there... nothing is free! 
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03-01-2009, 08:16 AM
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I believe the rivets are packaged by weight. I know that's how they're bought. It makes more sense for Van's just to come up with an approximate weight amount, with some extra thrown in, than to count each and every rivet in a kit. By the time you get to the end, yes, all that extra has built up.
I know that I still have a bunch of AN426AD3-3.5 rivets, which makes sense since they're the most used on the kit.
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03-01-2009, 08:57 AM
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Left over rivets. You must not of filled all the rivet holes. Better recheck your plane to see where they go before your first flight.
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