Hot Rivet installation - CJ frame repair - video Dailymotion

Hot Rivet Installation at Quick Draw Jeep Restoration.

Transcript

00:00 I'm going to do a quick demonstration on hot rivets.

00:03 A couple things you need is this backer tool.

00:05 It's got a dome to it.

00:08 It'll dome the back side of the rivet.

00:10 Preston's got an air hammer.

00:13 This one's got a flat attachment.

00:14 You can get different attachments,

00:16 depending on what rivets you're doing.

00:17 That just holds the head from moving off to the side.

00:21 Anyway, we'll just throw some heat to it.

00:24 And as he holds the rivet in place,

00:26 we're going to do one of these from underneath.

00:28 He needs to have it all the way tight when he starts to hammer.

00:33 Because once it's cherry red, and if it's down at all

00:38 and he hammers, it won't be all the way tight.

00:40 So we'll hurry and--

00:42 [HAMMERING]

00:44 [HISSING]

00:46 [HISSING]

00:49 [HISSING]

00:56 And we just use a small torch to get these red.

00:59 Some guys will preheat them and then

01:00 try to put them in the hole.

01:02 But that's a little more scrambling,

01:04 trying to get them in there before they cool down.

01:08 So we'll just take the small torch attachment

01:11 and throw the heat to it.

01:14 It's actually a welding tip.

01:16 Yeah, it's just a welding tip.

01:26 Just try to get the whole thing nice and sparkly.

01:31 And if we don't get it in one shot,

01:37 we can always heat it and do it some more.

01:40 And once you think you've got it hot enough,

01:55 grab the tool, press them with your throat.

01:57 [HISSING]

02:00 Yep, there it is.

02:21 Definitely a two-man job and three if you need a video.

02:25 Yeah.