Barrie, ON
Quoted from RedFive:I am getting ready to do a full tear down to shop my T3. Looking for tips on how to replace those rivets. I already have that rare blue rubber to install a new one. The manual says rivets are 1/8 diameter x 3/16 length. Would replacing the rivets with a ''standard'' rivet work (i.e. correct size but without the "star-shapped part" on the other end of the rivet head)? Can I re-use the old ''star-shapped part'' if I drill out the old rivet carefully? If not, where can I buy that? Or would it be better to replace the rivet with something else?
Thoughts?
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These are semi-tubular rivets. They use these style of rivets so the head part doesn’t stick out too much and deflect the ball. The back side is all quite flat compared to a pop rivet.
I would not use the star style washer on the back side of the new pad. Instead I would get a flat washer and use that.
The hand held tool for installing these semi tubular rivets is about $25. The rivets are a couple of bucks for 10. You can check out pinrestore for how the tool is used and they also sell it.
Send me a message if you need more info or want to do it another way. I will try my best to help you out.
Jupiter, FL
