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Originally Posted by Joseph Smith
We haven't had many major issues with rivets- mostly just loosening over time in certain areas and needing replacement occasionally. I think didn't use the right rivets this last season though- we primarily used these when in the past we normally used something like this. |
If you end up using rivets again, for critical areas like a drive chassis, where you don't expect to ever be removing the rivets, high strength aluminum rivets stay very firm over time and are just as light as regular rivets. They aren't that difficult to remove if you have to - you just need to center punch the rivet hole as the mandrel tends to break flush with the top of the rivet, rather than slightly inside the rivet.
The other benefit of these pricier high strength rivets is that they are rated to work in holes going all the way up to .201". That way, you can cut holes to .196" or so and use a tight #10 bolt clearance hole that doubles as a rivet hole.
The extra cost of these rivets isn't insignificant though -
http://www.mcmaster.com/#aluminum-rivets/=x9kpy0