CR3214-4- rivet is a 1/8" rivet with a 3/32 flush head. Will this work? How many do you need? P.M. me if you would like a few.
...is way cool. Where did that come from?
I've always wondered why there was never a reference chart for solid and blind rivets. It would be great to look at a chart and see what the properties are for AN426 or 470 rivets are. Then cross reference that with a blind rivet that has similar properties for compression, tension, and shear forces.
I scanned it from Van's instructional manual. I'm not sure that the 3/32 MK pop-rivet is as strong as a real rivet.
You may get partial satisfaction from this:
http://www.hansonrivet.com/w14.htm
a link recently posted on VAF by another VAF member
erich
Hey Smitty - no worries. If I was you and I was concerned about it, I would simply unbolt the fuel pump (2 bolts) and remove any easily removable lines near the firewall. The vent lines and forward fuel lines come out easy.The vibration might affect my tubing connections and the fuel pump. So, I thought some sort of high-strength cherry max pop rivet might be the way to go. Opinions are welcome!
It might be a bit of a stretch to say "anywhere," if you go strictly by the rules. The Standard Aircraft Handbook says the minimum edge spacing for a countersunk-head rivet (e.g., and AN426AD3) is 2.5D. As an example of where you might have a problem, on the RV-14(A), Van's spaced the row of rivets that attach the bottom wing skins to the main spar 0.25" from the forward edge of the skin. For a 3/32" rivet, 2.5D = 7.5/32 which is less than 0.25" (8/32"). But the MK-319-BS rivet is 7/64" in diameter, and 2.5D = 17.5/64 > 0.25" (16/64").The MK319 is acceptable anywhere an AN3 rivet is called for on an RV kit.
I have never seen a minimum edge distance rule of 2.5DIt might be a bit of a stretch to say "anywhere," if you go strictly by the rules. The Standard Aircraft Handbook says the minimum edge spacing for a countersunk-head rivet (e.g., and AN426AD3) is 2.5D. As an example of where you might have a problem, on the RV-14(A), Van's spaced the row of rivets that attach the bottom wing skins to the main spar 0.25" from the forward edge of the skin. For a 3/32" rivet, 2.5D = 7.5/32 which is less than 0.25" (8/32"). But the MK-319-BS rivet is 7/64" in diameter, and 2.5D = 17.5/64 > 0.25" (16/64").
For the MK-319-BS (7/64") drill to 2.9mm