| Author | Message | ||
     Pcmodeler |
Need to redo my Jardine and I see that it uses sealed end rivets (which makes sense). Where can I find these? | ||
| Diablobrian |
at a boat repair shop, or even an aviation repair shop. I'm out of them at the moment or I'd send you some. | ||
| Djkaplan |
I get my rivets from an industrial supply store. You can't just buy 8 of them, though, so now I have a lifetime supply. | ||
| Pcmodeler |
I'll check the industrial supply story up the street from me. They are more of a small hardware style store so maybe they have some small quantity packages available. | ||
| Cowtown |
Marine supply store. Especially one that specializes in sailboats. | ||
| Pcmodeler |
Man, I'm having the worst luck trying to find some. Tried the local industrial supply, couple of hardware stores, couple of marine service shops, been searching the net....Having a tough time finding the exact ones I need, which are closed end stainless steel. Everyone either has standard open end rivets or the closed end in aluminum. | ||
| Ezblast |
Home Depot | ||
| Pcmodeler |
Well, it took a bit of searching, but I found some at a marine service department. A buck a piece, but what ya gonna do?? | ||
| Speedfreaks101 |
ACE/True Value stores carry them and much cheaper than a buck each. | ||
| Diablobrian |
I've never seen "blind" stainless steel rivets at ace hardware. Do you live on the coast speedfreak? | ||
| Speedfreaks101 |
No sir, I live in a small East Texas town by the name of Eustace. The brand name that they carry is Arrow. It is where I bought mine after I found that every search I did on google came up with Ace Hardware in a a different location. I actually called the store and they said they did not have them but my brother went by and looked anyway and sure enough they had them just the people did not know it. Later, Bart | ||
| Diablobrian |
Are these the kind with the flat back? My local store sells stainless pop rivets, but they aren't the kind that he was looking for. The ones we are talking about are also used in aviation and boat repairs because they are air and water tight. They look kind of like a top hat on a stick. the stud does not go through the back side of them. | ||
| Speedfreaks101 |
Oh crap! I misread the first post. I am using stainless pop rivets. I apologize..... What advantage to you see in this application with a sealed rivet? Not bashing just curious. Later, Bart | ||
| Pcmodeler |
With the exhaust, you pretty much need the closed-end for two reasons; 1...the shaft could (and most likely will) fall back into the exhaust canister and 2...when that happens, you'll have an exhaust leak through the rivet itself. | ||
| Cyclonecharlie |
I'm sure the SS rivets are the best, but when I needed to repack the race can on my Cyclone I couldn't find the SSteel. So I used the Alum. open end rivets. The shaft stays in the gun and I put high temp silicone in the holes.I have done this twice since 2001 and haven't seen any leaks or lost any rivets yet. So if you can't find them, the Alum. rivets will hold up..........Charlie | ||
| Diablobrian |
He is repacking a Jardine on an XB. They have a tendency to lose their packing over time, then shear the rivets off it you use aluminum. with the SS you stand a better chance of not having the pipe come apart during a ride. |
