|
-
POSTING RULES

-
Donate yearly (please).
-
Advertise in here!
-
Today's Posts
|
Insert Pics
|

04-27-2011, 05:05 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 3,642
|
|
Slider top skin - how do I set these rivets?
Any idea how to set the two rivets circled? The canopy deck gets in the way such that even my thinnest of bucking bars (1/2") and squeezer yokes (used as bucking bars) are too thick. I managed to get the ones right under the spar cap, but neither of the two aft of it. Because they are 426 3-7 rivets, whatever bucking bar I might use needs to have some mass. I've heard/seen people use pulled rivets here, but since the holes are dimpled for 3/32 and since it has to go through the thick longeron, I'm not sure what I could use. It's been so long since I did any signficant riveting that I've forgot all my tricks!
Any thoughts re: what you did to get these couple of rivets would be appreciated.

__________________
Steve M.
Ellensburg WA
RV-9 Flying, 0-320, Catto
Donation reminder: Jan. 2021
|

04-27-2011, 05:15 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Boone, IA
Posts: 145
|
|
back rivet plate
I was able to slip my back rivet plate up there to buck them.
__________________
Kelley Kokemiller
9A sb N94KK 400hrs. and counting
Barrett O-320
Catto 3-blade
Panther tail complete
|

04-27-2011, 05:16 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Brisbane Australia
Posts: 166
|
|
Blind rivets
without seeing the other side and not being familiar with the slider setup I'd say install a couple of 3/32 Csk blind pop rivets, unfortunately I don't have a part No for you but they do exist, i'm sure someone else will have another option or part numbers to help you out. Good luck with it.
__________________
Nick Purcell
Licensed on B767, A330 Eng/Airframe
Fixing up RV6, building a Stewart S51
Basically a major overhaul of everything.
|

04-28-2011, 10:26 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Roy, Utah
Posts: 1,141
|
|
I used a 1/4" or 3/8" thick steel bar I had around the shop. It was about 8" long x 2" wide so it had some mass. Notch one corner as required to reach the rivet tail.
__________________
Five Sierra Fox
RV-9A
Utah
|

04-28-2011, 10:56 AM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Secluded Lake,Alaska (AK49)
Posts: 359
|
|
Cherry Part Number
CR3412-4- is a 1/8 " rivet with a NAS 1097 head that will fit your dimple.
|

04-28-2011, 12:34 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 3,642
|
|
Thanks for all the suggestions. Spruce doesn't seem to carry those CherryMax "oops" rivets, but the back rivet plate method gives me an idea if I can't find them elsewhere.
__________________
Steve M.
Ellensburg WA
RV-9 Flying, 0-320, Catto
Donation reminder: Jan. 2021
|

05-01-2011, 12:44 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Roma, Italy
Posts: 510
|
|
I think I riveted them using the thinner edge of a tools pry.
__________________
RV4 IO-320, Catto 3-blade, Christen, I-BILT
Flight time: 1 hour
Status: test flights
www.rv4.it
ROME, Italy
---
RV9A O-320 D1A, Hartzell C/S prop, slider, I-PRCA
Flight time: 350 hours
Status: SOLD
http://nuke.rv9.it
|

05-01-2011, 12:57 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: KRTS
Posts: 1,798
|
|
I've had success slipping a crow bar behind places like that. Even bucked one non-structural rivet with a slotted screw driver, pushing on the center portion of it with a bucking bar. Still made a decent shop head.
__________________
Next?, TBD
IAR-823, SOLD
RV-8, SOLD
RV-7, SOLD
|

05-01-2011, 09:02 AM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Topeka
Posts: 323
|
|
Canopy frame after deck
I know, the 9 is different than the 7, but, on my 7 I installed the forward canopy frame after riveting the top deck.
__________________
Steve Stucky
Topeka, Ks
N282S - VariEze 500+ hrs
N283S - RV-7 1400+ hrs
KC-135 A/D/E Boomer (Ret.)
|

05-01-2011, 09:31 AM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Garden City, Tx
Posts: 5,120
|
|
Oh yeah, forgot about those - they were a bit of a pain. I got the edge of a backrivet plate in there.
__________________
Greg Niehues - SEL, IFR, Repairman Cert.
Garden City, TX VAF 2020 dues paid 
N16GN flying 700 hrs and counting; IO360, SDS, WWRV200, Dynon HDX, 430W
Built an off-plan RV9A with too much fuel and too much HP. Should drop dead any minute now.
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -6. The time now is 04:03 PM.
|