DGlaeser
Well Known Member
The good news: I finished up my first fuel tank today.
The bad (?) news: when I pulled the AD42H pop rivets that attach the Z brackets, on about a third of them the stem broke off inside the rivet gun, instead of at or inside the rivet. This left more than an inch of the stem sticking out. I figured my old trusty rivet gun must be having a problem, so I ran out and got a new one. The new one grabs the stem a bit lower and when I re-pulled the rivets the stem broke off lower, but still not at the rivet head. I'm convinced the rivet is actually pulled, so I just cut off the stems with my Dremel tool cutoff wheel.
Anyone else had this problem?
I'm going to call Vans in the morning to see what they have to say about this.
Dennis Glaeser
7A Wings
The bad (?) news: when I pulled the AD42H pop rivets that attach the Z brackets, on about a third of them the stem broke off inside the rivet gun, instead of at or inside the rivet. This left more than an inch of the stem sticking out. I figured my old trusty rivet gun must be having a problem, so I ran out and got a new one. The new one grabs the stem a bit lower and when I re-pulled the rivets the stem broke off lower, but still not at the rivet head. I'm convinced the rivet is actually pulled, so I just cut off the stems with my Dremel tool cutoff wheel.
Anyone else had this problem?
I'm going to call Vans in the morning to see what they have to say about this.
Dennis Glaeser
7A Wings