Pesky hatch rivet

[sighmoon]

Hi all,

I'm trying to re-rivet the catch for the front hatch. There's a middle rivet which from inside involves getting the rivet gun inside the hatch catch (i'e' the bit the latch goes into for the vent setting), from outside it involves getting the rivet gun between the hatch and the deck.

In either case, it requires a much narrower rivet gun than I've ever seen. Does anybody have any suggestions.

NB - I've already drilled out the rivets, so leaving the existing one in to stop the water is not an option.

Thanks

 

[tim_ber]

Any chance of sort of doing it the 'old fashioned' way?

A mate with a punch on one side and you on other with a hammer?

And get a special rivet to begin with of course?

Or are those 'scissor' type of rivet guns and narrower?

Hi all,

I'm trying to re-rivet the catch for the front hatch. There's a middle rivet which from inside involves getting the rivet gun inside the hatch catch (i'e' the bit the latch goes into for the vent setting), from outside it involves getting the rivet gun between the hatch and the deck.

In either case, it requires a much narrower rivet gun than I've ever seen. Does anybody have any suggestions.

NB - I've already drilled out the rivets, so leaving the existing one in to stop the water is not an option.

Thanks

 

[Adamastor]

Put an off-cut of thin tube like brake-pipe over the stem of the rivet. Sort of like packing, it will let you put enough tension on the shank so you can pop the rivet and you can actually get into the crevice without a special tool...

 

[Yacht Yogi]

Could you replace the rivet with a small screw/bolt and nut?

 

[sighmoon]

All good suggestions, thanks.

 

[Iliade]

Put an off-cut of thin tube like brake-pipe over the stem of the rivet. Sort of like packing, it will let you put enough tension on the shank so you can pop the rivet and you can actually get into the crevice without a special tool...

+1

just don't use copper pipe but if you must, test it somewhere else first.

 

[dovekie]

Put an off-cut of thin tube like brake-pipe over the stem of the rivet. Sort of like packing, it will let you put enough tension on the shank so you can pop the rivet and you can actually get into the crevice without a special tool...

This method works, or you could stack a few small (~M4 ish) nuts on the rivet stem which might take the compression load better.

 

[trevorr]

This method works, or you could stack a few small (~M4 ish) nuts on the rivet stem which might take the compression load better.

This Is the exact method I used when doing the same job.

Trev