Luggage stop

[Karl K.]

I'm replacing the luggage stop on my 65 coupe,
I bought the stop and the rivits but I don't see how to
use the solid rivits supplied. I was thinking about using
binding posts with screws which look similar to the
supplied rivits or even some pop rivits. Any help appreciated.
Thanks,
Karl

[Domenic T.]

Re: Luggage stop

Karl,
I removed my stop yesterday to replace the poorly installed rivets that were put in at assembly.
I have shot many aircraft rivets and it looks to me that these are put in using the bucking bar on the flat of the rivet and using the round rivet set that normally fits the head of a round rivet to shape the round end.

In other words it looks like they did it backwards. all indications of what I removed seems to point in that direction.

It is a 2 man job.

DOM

[John H.]

Re: Luggage stop

I have shot many aircraft rivets and it looks to me that these are put in using the bucking bar on the flat of the rivet and using the round rivet set that normally fits the head of a round rivet to shape the round end.

In other words it looks like they did it backwards. all indications of what I removed seems to point in that direction.
DOM

Dom -

That's correct - most of the body rivets were done that way at St. Louis; reverse of typical aircraft practice.

[Domenic T.]

Re: Luggage stop

John,
I'm glad to know that I was able to determine how they were bucked. You being there confirmid what I was looking at when I took the bad rivets out.

Now let's see can I do any better? Yep becaues it's not production and I can spend more time making sure they are right.

Thank's for the post and your experience.

DOM

[Karl K.]

Re: Luggage stop

On my 65 the flat head of the rivit is on the inside of the
car, if I were to put them back in that way I would not
be able to peen them over. Is the correct way to put them
in from the underside then peen them over on the inside?
Thanks,
Karl

[Karl K.]

Re: Luggage stop

After a second look the head of the rivits are on the underside
of the car and it gets peened over on the inside.
Any pointers on how to do a good job and exactly
what tools to get.
Thanks,
Karl

[Domenic T.]

Re: Luggage stop

Karl,
As crude as they were done originally, I think you could do as good a job if you bought a river set ( means only one tool, not a set of them) for under $10.00 from Aircraft Spruce put it over the rivet and hit it with a hammer to round it.
Some one will need to push on the head underneath with a flat piece of steel (like a hammer head ) while you hit it.
If you have extra's, drill a hole in something the same thickness and practice.
I have the gun the tool go's in to and that makes it easier, but you will be just fine hitting the rivet set with a hammer.

You can Google Aircraft Spruce and index rivet set.

DOM

[Karl K.]

Re: Luggage stop

Thanks Dom, I'll do that.

[William C.]

Re: Luggage stop

Actually an inexpensive air chisel (Harbor Freight style) works very well, just buy one with tools included, cut off the shank of a tool you don't plan on using, drill a centering point into the cutoff end of the shank (about 1/4 dia, and only deep enough to get the entire diameter noticable) and borrow a friend to buck up the head from the outside while you set the inside. Looks just like the factory job.

[John H.]

Re: Luggage stop

I use an air hammer with a .401" shank rivet set, and a mini-regulator at the tool set at 10-15 psi; works great.