Riveting Elevator Counterbalance Arm

[CharlieWaffles]

Anyone have suggestions on how they got the last rivets on the counterbalance arm on the Elevator near the trailing edge?

 

[Auburntsts]

Some have used blind rivets there. I bucked (actually backriveted them) by using a piece of 1/8" thick flat iron bar stock as an offset bucking bar. Placed the bar over the rivet shank with the rivet gun with flush set over that as close to the rivet as I could get.

 

[aturner]

blind rivets here.

 

[Auburntsts]

For what it's worth, if I had to do it again I'd go the blind rivet route as well using MK-319-BS rivets.

 

[Lenny Iszak]

no hole yoke

If I remember correctly I used a no hole yoke there with my hand squeezer, something like this:

Lenny

 

[Phil]

Having done this already with the indirect method, I'd use a blind rivet if I had to do it again. There's 38,000 rivets in there, you'll never now about this one.

 

[longranger]

Some have used blind rivets there. I bucked (actually backriveted them) by using a piece of 1/8" thick flat iron bar stock as an offset bucking bar. Placed the bar over the rivet shank with the rivet gun with flush set over that as close to the rivet as I could get.

You can see a demonstration of this technique at http://www.eaa.org/video/homebuilders.html. Go to the Sheet Metal tab, then scroll down to Indirect Riveting Technique. I wish I had known about that when I did my elevators.