RE: (ET) Some Information Please Rivets

["Hazen, Dwight L" <hazen indiana edu>]

Geof,

 Pop Rivets in the side panels and rear seat to frame are from the factory.
I have replace the Pop Rivets with stainless screws. One thing you might
want to watch is the holes are elongated to allow for the frame to give and
not stress the side panels. I put stainless washers under the screw heads
and nuts so the screws can move and not tear up the paint! 

  Dwight  


Dwight L. Hazen, Indiana University, UITS 
Bloomington, In. 47408-7378 812-855-5367 hazen indiana edu
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ThompsonG DFO-MPO GC CA [SMTP:ThompsonG DFO-MPO GC CA]
> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 12:33 PM
> To:   elec-trak cosmos5 phy tufts edu
> Subject:      (ET) Some Information Please Rivets
> 
> Hello List
> I just picked up my E12M from Stamford and hauled it back to Grimsby. Now
> I
> have to get the little beast running. I contacted my local golf cart sale
> and they are going to sell me some uses Trojan Batteries for around $30
> CDN
> each. They sell new up here in Canada for about $145 each --- I thank the
> list for this piece of advice. 
>       The question I have is the result of give the E12 a good looking
> over. It seems that the tractor was assembled with Pop Rivets. Is this 
> the
> normal assemble method or is this some that happened some time in my
> little
> fella's past. I have several holes in the sheet metal that I will be
> fixing
> and if I am going to take these panels off to repair them. I want to
> re-assemble it the way GE put the tractor together in the first place.  
> If
> these are Pop Rivets does anybody know the exact type as specification of
> the rivets?
> 
> Geof Thompson
> Grimsby, Ontario, Canada