Installing Clutch Rivets

SRXLance

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Hey guys, I tore my clutch apart last night and began getting ready to change my rivets. What do i need to do to my new rivets to be sure that they do not come out. I know this is probably a dumb question, but i*am a newbie. Thanks
 
usually I bang them out with a punch,drilling head off first..but now made a jig to push them out with my press.Haven't tried the press yet..but should be easy.Also there is this device you can buy,don't know if would really work.
 

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If you find some one like Swede says with a shop press you can install the rivets just like the factory. If you use a hammer and punch you run huge risks of destroying the weight if you miss your mark. I have destroyed many vises trying to get the tonnage to compress the rivet. So a shop press is your best bet.
 
drill the heads,punch em out.put in new ones andhold the weight with a vice grips with base of new rivet on something solid.i used a old 4x4 hub socket.beat em with a ballpean hammer starting in the middle working it over the sides.very easy,tools would be nice if you do it often as it does take a while
 


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