Tank Skin Platenut Riveting

[asu4me]

Help Guys. I'm trying to rivet platenuts to the wing spar that will attach the tank skin to the spar.

For the platenuts that are angled toward the spar, I'm having difficulty getting around the platenut to squeeze the rivet shop head nearest the spar with my squeezer as the yoke interferes with the large universal rivet heads on the spar.

Do I need a longeron or no-hole yoke or is there another trick?

Jerry

 

[AntiGravity]

No-hole

I use a no-hole, and the tip has already been ground away a little for some of the harder to reach rivets on the empennage. Did this last night: no problem.

 

[compren]

Tight fit...

I did these just a few weeks ago. It was definately a tight fit, but I used the smallest diameter / tallest flush set I had. That and a little bit of patience seemed to work ok.

-John
RV-7A (Wings)
Spring, TX