Re: [VAC] Hitch Replacement on Pipe Frame

["Richard P. Kenan" <rkenan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Elisa:

I don't think that's correct.  It's very common for belly skin rivets to 
come loose after a few years of bumping and twisting, and pop rivets are 
the only available way to repair them.  It would seem to me that bucked 
rivets, as you contemplate, would be the ideal method, if you can get to 
both sides of the belly (as you can);  but pop rivets (Olympic) are used 
for repairing the rest of the skin and some kind of pop rivet should be ok 
for the belly.  We have lots of experts out there - can one use pop rivets 
on the belly?

- Dick
(5368)