How To Remove Rivets From Truck Frame

• #1

What is the best way to remove rivets from the frame i am replacing front foliage spring mounts. and we have saw dissimilar ideas like cut the heads of with a torch, Grinding them off, Cut a 10 into them and hitting them with a air hammer. Whats the best fashion you lot guys know of?

• #2

The all-time way I have found is to cutting an 10 in the caput and use a air chisel.Pops them off quite well.

• #three

Easiest way is to notice someone to for it for yous

• #four

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What i've done on ball joint rivets was to oestrus the caput and utilize and air hammer with a chisel to cut the caput off. It was much faster than cutting to drilling the head off.

• #5

Wel if you are good with a cutting torch and you have a scarfing tip its non hard at all. Not many own a scarfing tip... Probably the safest mode is as posted to a higher place. Cut an X and then a chiesel..

• #6

Well having cut oh perhaps two dozen of these rivets....my favorite method is torch, only and so on a practiced solar day I'm not too bad an OP of 1 .

I've used Grinders, Air hammers....

TORCH and air hammer is all-time bet IMHO....

JM2CW

I suppose if I owned a plasma cutter I'd try information technology....as an option...

• #viii

Well having cut oh perhaps 2 dozen of these rivets....my favorite method is torch, but so on a proficient day I'm not too bad an OP of ane .

I've used Grinders, Air hammers....

TORCH and air hammer is best bet IMHO....

JM2CW

I suppose if I owned a plasma cutter I'd endeavor it....as an option...

Tried the plasma cutter, it just doesnt arrive at that place very well, it's the only thing I'east e'er institute that a plasma cutter doesnt work to make surgical cuts on . Youll end up going into the frame, not expert. Plasma cutter actually is meant to cutting pointing downm not across. We ended up doing the cutoff wheel and air chisel method likewise ( with the add-on of a squeamish blunt flake for the air chisel to dial those suckers through one time the heads are knocked off

• #9

Every bit you lot can encounter from the previous posts, you by and large have to undermine the head of the rivet, and and so chop it off with a chisel. The quickest fashion I institute to remove metal from the head of the rivet was to drill it with most a three/8 drill bit till the flake was at the depth of the frame, and then similar the others use a chisel and hammer to chop the head of the rivet off.

• #10

Plasma cutter worked for me in the past. merely the cleanest style I have seen to far is an air chisel to skin the head off the rivet then a dial bit to force the shaft of the rivet out.

• #11

Equally you can run across from the previous posts, you by and large have to undermine the caput of the rivet, then chop information technology off with a chisel. The quickest style I plant to remove metal from the head of the rivet was to drill it with near a iii/8 drill bit till the bit was at the depth of the frame, and so like the others utilise a chisel and hammer to chop the head of the rivet off.

X2.

A lot less equipment to get out for a footling chore. Punch a starting spot and drill information technology. The closer the drill size is to the rivet size, the less effort you lot have to chisel off the head. Virtually of the rivets are about 7/xvi inch diameter.

• #12

I've used the torch and works but non for every one, I prefer the grinder on one caput of the rivet and chissel out the balance and if I can't fit the grinder so I use the torch.

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