Dale, no offence but this is not new to me, I know
excactly how to remove rivets, and put them in.
Different opinions but I still think it?s easier to
remove two screws instead of drill out rivets.
However one thing I don?t know what it is, a Saturn
SC2 coupe is new to me.
73 Jim SM2EKM
PS: Hose clamps I stopped using 30 years ago!!!
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Dale L Martin wrote:
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>
>>Also with rivets it makes it difficult to dismantle
>>elements if you ever need to.
>>
>>73 gl Jim SM2EKM
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>
>
> I've got to disagree with you, Jim.
>
> I took apart a Force 12 C4 a year or so ago.
>
> It was a no-brainer reducing the element lengths to where they and the boom
> pieces would fit in the back of my Saturn SC2 (coupe) for the 50 mile drive
> home.
>
> I used a drill to drill out the rivets. It all went very quickly and
> easily.
>
> Most of the rivets dropped right out of their holes into the element. A few
> had to be followed up with a light tap of a center punch. I selected a
> drill bit such that the hole would not be enlarged. They weren't.
>
> You can have and keep using your hose clamps.
>
> Gimme rivets any day!
>
> 73,
> dale, kg5u
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