I picked up a couple of kits to replace a damaged rocker cover on my 86 SE
The aluminum and plastic rivets are a larger OD than my rivet gun will take and the aluminum rivets have threads on the them.
Just wondering if there was supposed to be a special tool used to put these on or if I just need a bigger part on the rivet gun? Anyone with experience on these parts?
Someone may have a better Idea than this, but Ide use some plastic push on rivots. I think I saw them at Auto zone.Google this, Plastic Push on Rivots.
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Harbor Freight sells the tool along with an assortment of POM rivets and you can also buy the rivets separately. I don't recall the size, but they carry one size that is used for the rockets and the door rivets. I've used them and they work.
However, I´m in Austria and can´t get SAE bolts/screws in this size (only very big ones for Perkins tractors). All other surrounding countries supply many different sizes of SAE nuts and bolts, but here in Austria I can only buy some tractor SAE bolts and nuts.
Importing SAE rivet nuts and screws into Austria is quite expensive due to high shipping costs.
If this tool would also work with metric rivet nuts I would immediately order this tool!
BTW, do you know the hole diameter for the Fiero body panels? Which outer diameter should the rivet nut have? Maybe I can find a metrical thread insert riveter kit in China…
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I suspect another option is to drill smaller holes next to the original holes and use a smaller rivet with washers to hold things in place. That way you could use locally sourced items and make the repairs. I have used S.S. hex head screw to hold things together in a pinch too,
Do not buy rivets from Harbor Freight. Especially in colder climates. They will snap. Buy the tool, but not the plastics. A good fastener store will have the correct rivets.
I´ve already prepared my shopping cart at Harbor Freight for the checkout and it also included the 90pc POM plastic rivet assortment which I have deleted from the cart now. So I´ll only buy the plastic riveter tool and some other stuff…
[This message has been edited by Moar (edited 11-21-2015).]
I picked up a couple of kits to replace a damaged rocker cover on my 86 SE
The aluminum and plastic rivets are a larger OD than my rivet gun will take and the aluminum rivets have threads on the them.
Just wondering if there was supposed to be a special tool used to put these on or if I just need a bigger part on the rivet gun?
Am I the only Fiero owner here that says the hell with plastic rivets and uses these readily available inexpensive items pictured below to reattach my rocker panels?
