FRporscheman

I am rebuilding an early style TT. I had to drill the rivets on the 2-piece bearing carriers, and now that I'm ready to reassemble everything, I can't see how I can re-rivet them. Can someone please give some advice?

I tried a search, I found one relevant thread, but it had a dead link! I tried buying split rivets and filing them flat on 2 sides but they just aren't working out for me. I'd love if I could fit a rivet gun into that tight space but I don't think it will work (I don't have a rivet gun). I keep looking at this, wishing I had a TIG.

Trucho-951

You can use #4/40 x 3/8"-long hex bolts with #4 lock washers and #4 nuts and loctite, you may need to file two sides of the nuts flat so that they fit inside the narrow bearing carrier channels.

FRporscheman

I love that. THANKS!

In my impatience I spent the afternoon reading more on RL and eventually found this thread, and did what post #11 says... https://rennlist.com/forums/showthre...aring+carriers

It worked, and I hope it holds. Next time I'll either use the bolts pictured above, or spot welds. After dinner I will post pictures of the rivets I used for future reference.

TRP951

I used rivits the saze of the hole and filed the edges just enough for them for fit snuggly between the sides.

FRporscheman

I used 1/8" rivets. This is what I did: I plucked the pin out of a rivet so I could use the little flared part as a spacer for my rivet gun, so I could pop rivets into that narrow channel. Used a dremel to take away 2 sides of a rivet, so it could fit into the channel. Then I did this:





Thanks for the help everyone. I love this place.