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Replacing leaking rivets???
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<blockquote data-quote="ericman" data-source="post: 424672" data-attributes="member: 11909"><p>Are the leaks coming in around the rivets or at the seams? Are the rivet heads sheared off? If there is still some meat left on the rivets, they can be tightened by bucking them a bit more. As for transoms. I've switched over to using 1/4" solid aluminum rivets for "bolting" my transoms together. Put everything together, bolt it with 1/4 - 20 mach. screws and nuts. And then, one at a time, I pull each bolt and replace with a 1/4" solid rivet. Each rivet is cut to a length so that about 1/2" to 3/4" of shaft sticks through the inside of the boat. Then just buck it down, making sure that the head is pressed firmly to the outside of the hull. Done right, you won't ever need to seal it. Transoms I can do by myself, but keel seams and whatnot, you'll need an extra hand, unless your arms are 6 feet long!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ericman, post: 424672, member: 11909"] Are the leaks coming in around the rivets or at the seams? Are the rivet heads sheared off? If there is still some meat left on the rivets, they can be tightened by bucking them a bit more. As for transoms. I've switched over to using 1/4" solid aluminum rivets for "bolting" my transoms together. Put everything together, bolt it with 1/4 - 20 mach. screws and nuts. And then, one at a time, I pull each bolt and replace with a 1/4" solid rivet. Each rivet is cut to a length so that about 1/2" to 3/4" of shaft sticks through the inside of the boat. Then just buck it down, making sure that the head is pressed firmly to the outside of the hull. Done right, you won't ever need to seal it. Transoms I can do by myself, but keel seams and whatnot, you'll need an extra hand, unless your arms are 6 feet long! [/QUOTE]
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