One of the shocks snapped off my truck cap/shell rear window. The rivet
heads popped off where it fastens on the frame around window. The rivet
seems to go through the weather-strip in the frame and there is nowhere for
the remaining shank to go, drilling just spins it. Now what the @#$@ do I
do? Thanks ;-p

leonard hofstadter wrote:
One of the shocks snapped off my truck cap/shell rear window. The rivet
heads popped off where it fastens on the frame around window. The rivet
seems to go through the weather-strip in the frame and there is nowhere
for the remaining shank to go, drilling just spins it. Now what the @#$@
do I do? Thanks ;-p

Not sure what you are talking about, but I'll answer anyway.
Punch it in and replace with a pop-rivet?

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leonard hofstadter wrote:
One of the shocks snapped off my truck cap/shell rear window. The rivet
heads popped off where it fastens on the frame around window. The rivet
seems to go through the weather-strip in the frame and there is nowhere
for the remaining shank to go, drilling just spins it. Now what the @#$@
do I do? Thanks ;-p
Hi,
Spin little more and loosen it, then punch out or use something like
bearing puller to push it out gently?

On Sat, 27 Jul 2013 12:18:08 -0500, "leonard hofstadter"
wrote:

One of the shocks snapped off my truck cap/shell rear window. The rivet
heads popped off where it fastens on the frame around window. The rivet
seems to go through the weather-strip in the frame and there is nowhere for
the remaining shank to go, drilling just spins it. Now what the @#$@ do I
do? Thanks ;-p

... a couple of thoughts

Punch the shank with a nail or set punch, trying to bend it a little
to hopefully stop the spinning of the shank.

Push harder on the drill

..02

On Saturday, July 27, 2013 12:18:08 PM UTC-5, leonard hofstadter wrote:
One of the shocks snapped off my truck cap/shell rear window. The rivet heads popped off where it fastens on the frame around window. The rivet seems to go through the weather-strip in the frame and there is nowhere for the remaining shank to go, drilling just spins it. Now what the @#$@ do I do? Thanks ;-p

Needle-nose pliers to grip the outside of the rivet and small enough drill bit to not take the outside edge off the rivet and screw up the pliers.

"willshak" wrote in message ...

leonard hofstadter wrote:
One of the shocks snapped off my truck cap/shell rear window. The rivet
heads popped off where it fastens on the frame around window. The rivet
seems to go through the weather-strip in the frame and there is nowhere
for the remaining shank to go, drilling just spins it. Now what the @#$@
do I do? Thanks ;-p

Not sure what you are talking about, but I'll answer anyway.
Punch it in and replace with a pop-rivet?

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can't punch it in, there's no where for it to go

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On Saturday, July 27, 2013 12:18:08 PM UTC-5, leonard hofstadter wrote:
One of the shocks snapped off my truck cap/shell rear window. The rivet
heads popped off where it fastens on the frame around window. The rivet
seems to go through the weather-strip in the frame and there is nowhere
for the remaining shank to go, drilling just spins it. Now what the @#$@
do I do? Thanks ;-p

Needle-nose pliers to grip the outside of the rivet and small enough drill
bit to not take the outside edge off the rivet and screw up the pliers.


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not enough exposed to grab

"Oren" wrote in message news
On Sat, 27 Jul 2013 12:18:08 -0500, "leonard hofstadter"
wrote:

One of the shocks snapped off my truck cap/shell rear window. The rivet
heads popped off where it fastens on the frame around window. The rivet
seems to go through the weather-strip in the frame and there is nowhere for
the remaining shank to go, drilling just spins it. Now what the @#$@ do I
do? Thanks ;-p

... a couple of thoughts

Punch the shank with a nail or set punch, trying to bend it a little
to hopefully stop the spinning of the shank.

Push harder on the drill

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I was hoping I could use a punch but the weather-strip seems to be holding
it in place. I've tried a punch, but like you said, either need to hit it
harder or push harder on drill.

On 7/27/2013 12:18 PM, leonard hofstadter wrote:
One of the shocks snapped off my truck cap/shell rear window. The rivet
heads popped off where it fastens on the frame around window. The rivet
seems to go through the weather-strip in the frame and there is nowhere
for the remaining shank to go, drilling just spins it. Now what the @#$@
do I do? Thanks ;-p

Use and automatic center punch around the circumference of the hole to
make little craters that will pinch the rivet tighter in the hole then
drill. ^_^

TDD

On Saturday, July 27, 2013 12:18:08 PM UTC-5, leonard hofstadter wrote:
One of the shocks snapped off my truck cap/shell rear window. The rivet heads popped off where it fastens on the frame around window. The rivet seems to go through the weather-strip in the frame and there is nowhere for the remaining shank to go, drilling just spins it. Now what the @#$@ do I do? Thanks ;-p

Can you come in with a fairly large drill bit. say the diameter of the rivet head, and then come in at an angle and chew away at the rivet head sideways? I have been abl;e todo that a number of times.

On Sat, 27 Jul 2013 14:26:20 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

On Saturday, July 27, 2013 12:18:08 PM UTC-5, leonard hofstadter wrote:
One of the shocks snapped off my truck cap/shell rear window. The rivet heads popped off where it fastens on the frame around window. The rivet seems to go through the weather-strip in the frame and there is nowhere for the remaining shank to go, drilling just spins it. Now what the @#$@ do I do? Thanks ;-p

Can you come in with a fairly large drill bit. say the diameter of the rivet head, and then come in at an angle and chew away at the rivet head sideways? I have been abl;e todo that a number of times.
A dremmel with a grindstone or milling cutter

On 07/27/2013 01:18 PM, leonard hofstadter wrote:
One of the shocks snapped off my truck cap/shell rear window. The rivet
heads popped off where it fastens on the frame around window. The rivet
seems to go through the weather-strip in the frame and there is nowhere
for the remaining shank to go, drilling just spins it. Now what the @#$@
do I do? Thanks ;-p

4.5" angle grinder?

nate

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stuff snipped

A dremmel with a grindstone or milling cutter

Good idea. I would use a small cutoff wheel to make a cross in the rivet
head and it should come out pretty easily.

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"Robert Green" wrote in message ...

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stuff snipped

A dremmel with a grindstone or milling cutter

Good idea. I would use a small cutoff wheel to make a cross in the rivet
head and it should come out pretty easily.

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the heads snapped off, that's why the shock fell off ;-p


don't have a dremmel, but dad has air tools, pretty sure I've seen some
grindstones and cutting attachments too, will have to give that a try