JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Peetie Wheatstraw" wrote in message
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Small hand-held pruning shears ("loppers"?). Two halves held together
with a spring and a rivet. ...
Rivet has loosened up, ... Wondering about possible repair.

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Pop the rivet out and try, say, a bolt and locking nut?
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I'd go with the nut & bolt idea. ...

For long term joy, get a hardened bolt and a wave washer from the auto
supply and with a nylon-insert nut you'll have friction control as well.

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