Hi Everyone!!!
I posted a question a few weeks ago about how to mount the steel plates under the body using the soft aluminum rivets that came with the parts. I remember someone telling me to have someone up above hold something like a sledgehammer on top of the rivet head while I use an impact wrench to flatten the end of the rivet from below. He said to make a tool for the impact wrench having a shallow 1/4" hole in the end and use this to flatten the rivet. Not knowing too much about how an impact wrench works, I am wondering 1) would this approach give good results and 2) if so, is there a certain type of impact wrench(i.e. quality, power rating, etc.) that should be used? I need to get this operation done soon since my seats will be coming back from the restoration shop soon and I want to get them in.
I posted a question a few weeks ago about how to mount the steel plates under the body using the soft aluminum rivets that came with the parts. I remember someone telling me to have someone up above hold something like a sledgehammer on top of the rivet head while I use an impact wrench to flatten the end of the rivet from below. He said to make a tool for the impact wrench having a shallow 1/4" hole in the end and use this to flatten the rivet. Not knowing too much about how an impact wrench works, I am wondering 1) would this approach give good results and 2) if so, is there a certain type of impact wrench(i.e. quality, power rating, etc.) that should be used? I need to get this operation done soon since my seats will be coming back from the restoration shop soon and I want to get them in.
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