John.Taylor
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| posted on 7/7/06 at 03:10 PM |
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Riveting the floor...
Having drilled holes at 75mm intervals as per the MK build manual, I was looking forward to applying some PU sealer and riveting it on tonight.
Unfortunatley, I did a couple of test rivets and I don't think that I can get all 80ish of them in before either the PU sets or my hands give
in.
I've phoned around the hire shops and nobody has a powered gun other than HSS who only have one in the NW which they can't get to me until
next week! How has everyone else tackled their riveting?
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 7/7/06 at 03:15 PM |
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PU takes quite a while to set - many hours!
Just take your time, and you'll get them all done without pain (well, not too much anyway!).
The best thing I've seen is an air-powered rivetter, but getting one of them is a bit excessive for 80+ rivets...
David
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Hellfire
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| posted on 7/7/06 at 03:21 PM |
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Drill all your holes in panel and chassis... PU it all then use lazy tong style rivetter this is MUCH quicker and anly takes one go to secure. We
possibly rivetted our's in less than an hour... once all of the holes were done.
Steve
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stevec
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| posted on 7/7/06 at 03:23 PM |
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The rivets definatly go in better with a air riveter. Try and beg steal or borrow one if you can, If not book yourself in for a Carpel tunnel
operation first,
Steve.
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John.Taylor
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| posted on 7/7/06 at 03:36 PM |
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So long as you're all in agreement that the PU takes hours to go off, I'm going to give it a go on Saturday by hand.
I'm sure that I read that my PU went off in an hour though. I'll have to recheck that when I get home.
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andyace
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| posted on 7/7/06 at 03:47 PM |
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I had more rivets than that, PU sealed it and had it riveted in about an hour and that was with a cheap hand riveter.
When riveting work in a random fashion to ensure that PU gets 'squashed' between floor and chassis evenly across whole floor rather than
getting to the end and finding that it is now starting to go a bit rubbery in the last corner.
Also when you put the floor onto the PU sealant drop some loose rivets into holes in all the corners to ensure it is held in the right position. The
sealant grips rather well and if it isn't lined up properly you may have trouble moving it again !
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marshall
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| posted on 7/7/06 at 03:49 PM |
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i drilled all the holes removed the floor
and put the PU on then put the floor back
and riveted the corner ones in to hold it
in place and used some clamps to hold it
down as i worked my way round..
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procomp
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| posted on 7/7/06 at 04:20 PM |
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Hi just be glad your not doing it properly and riviting evry pannel every inch. You will be fine with the time just rope a freind in to help save the
pain.
cheers matt
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D Beddows
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| posted on 7/7/06 at 04:55 PM |
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oooh been there done the one rivit every inch thing............... went through three hand riviters and over 1000 rivits if I remember correctly -
much fun!
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Guinness
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| posted on 7/7/06 at 06:02 PM |
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yup, it reaaaaalllllllly hurts using a hand riveter. best to get a mate in to help, so you can take turns.
better still get a better riveter!
Mike
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RazMan
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| posted on 7/7/06 at 08:39 PM |
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I will say that I have been using PU adhesive for the last couple of weeks and I have noticed that it goes off a lot quicker in the hot weather. Even
so you should have plenty of time to develop Arnie Swartenwotsit biceps putting a few hundred rivets in.
I hired out an electric rivetter when I did my floor (every 50mm)........... magic 
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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MkIndy7
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| posted on 7/7/06 at 11:08 PM |
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You could do every other rivet, would have thought that would hold the sheet down close enough just incase you get tired or the riveter gives up the
ghost!
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