13-05-2018, 09:54 PM
(This post was last modified: 13-05-2018, 09:56 PM by John Cornforth.)
Hello Urgent
I once removed the cross shaft rivets on my 1936 Pearl (horrible job chiselling upside down) in order to overhaul the cross shaft bearings on the bench.
I replaced the assembly using bolts and Nyloc nuts, with plain washers under the nuts, and had no trouble tightening up to a torque appropriate to the thread size. It has now stayed put for about 8 years.
I wonder if you need to source better quality fasteners ? Some of the items on sale are of dubious strength and thread size tolerance.
Re-riveting seems to me to be asking for a world of pain !
Cheers
John
I once removed the cross shaft rivets on my 1936 Pearl (horrible job chiselling upside down) in order to overhaul the cross shaft bearings on the bench.
I replaced the assembly using bolts and Nyloc nuts, with plain washers under the nuts, and had no trouble tightening up to a torque appropriate to the thread size. It has now stayed put for about 8 years.
I wonder if you need to source better quality fasteners ? Some of the items on sale are of dubious strength and thread size tolerance.
Re-riveting seems to me to be asking for a world of pain !
Cheers
John