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Old 05-03-2010, 06:04 PM
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Default Squeezer is acting weird

So I have been working on the Rear spar pretty much all day today and after letting the primer dry I started assembly. Everything can be done with the squeezer so I started on the W-707 D and G to the spar, these are -8 rivets and the squeezer had no problem with them, after those were done I moved on to riveting the rest of the fork to the spar with -6 rivets and the squeezer did not have enough force to squeeze them. Air is comming straight from the tank at 120psi so I am confused on whats going on. Anyone ever experience this or know why this might be??
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Old 05-03-2010, 06:16 PM
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First 120 psi is too much pressure. 80 psi will work fine for most rivets. You may have to go to 90 for some #4 rivets.

Ninety nine time out of a hundred squeezer problems are incorrect adjustment. The squeezer will only apply max force a a certain point. If you have it adjusted too close, it will not squeeze the rivet. Try backing off on the distance.
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Ninety nine time out of a hundred squeezer problems are incorrect adjustment. The squeezer will only apply max force a a certain point. If you have it adjusted too close, it will not squeeze the rivet. Try backing off on the distance.
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