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1st Generation 1964 1/2 - 1973 - Questions & general discussions that apply to a specific year => 1966 Mustang => Topic started by: COBRAJET on June 29, 2021, 03:09:00 PM

Title: Rivet tool for ball joints
Post by: COBRAJET on June 29, 2021, 03:09:00 PM

On riveting the lower balljoints what size rivet tool is used for proper size.Thanks

Title: Re: Rivet tool
Post by: jwc66k on June 29, 2021, 04:02:47 PM

It's not the tool, it's the 30 to 50 ton press.
Jim

Title: Re: Rivet tool
Post by: CharlesTurner on June 29, 2021, 04:03:26 PM

Custom made dies and fixtures are required to do them properly.  Unless you're a skilled machinist, this is a job best left to those with experience.

Title: Re: Rivet tool
Post by: J_Speegle on June 29, 2021, 05:42:16 PM

+1

have seen some home made (with air tools) were the rivets cracked, were not expanded enough, and just didn't appear safe - not to mention didn't look factory.

Never measured the head diameter of the dies Rare Parts use but they had many more than a dozen different ones with different waffle patterns to match what different customers wanted.

Expensive but one task IMHO better left to the companies that can do it well.

Guess you read the half dozen prior post on the general subject of rerivting posted over the years. A couple of them

https://www.concoursmustang.com/forum/index.php?topic=14377.msg94935#msg94935 (https://www.concoursmustang.com/forum/index.php?topic=14377.msg94935#msg94935)

https://www.concoursmustang.com/forum/index.php?topic=17697.msg112061#msg112061

Title: Re: Rivet tool
Post by: CharlesTurner on June 29, 2021, 05:54:36 PM

Here's an example of what happens when someone doesn't know what they're doing.  This was on a very valuable '65.