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Default Peel rivets

On Sun, 26 Jul 2015 21:46:18 -0500, "Terry Coombs"
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Jim Wilkins wrote:
Specifically the 1/4" rivets in car doors that peel open like a banana
on the back side. How are you supposed to remove them?

I hit the stem as hard as I dared with a center punch, but a drill
wouldn't bite, so the van's owner used an angle grinder which was
kinda messy.

-jsw


If you're talking about those used to mount window power units he did the
right thing . Only way I ever found to get them out .

AKA "Knuckle Peelers". The grinder is the easiest, fastest, and safest
way to remove them.