Jeff You can almost disassemble the whole thing with a good air drill, drill bits, 1/8 and 5/32 punch, an E-Z Out, vise grip pliers, and a hammer. Oops, don't forget the safety glasses! You want a varible speed reversable drill. The rivets are aluminum but the screws are steel. On the screws you may want to use a rotary file to remove the cross point (Phillips head) from it before drilling. This will allow your bit to stay sharp longer and will also reduce the possibility of breaking the tip. Drill you a hole in the screw head with a #30 (1/8") drill bit, then take a #2 EZ-Out holding it with vise-grips or cresent wrench, then hammer the EZ-Out and rotate it at the same time. This will allow it to grab the screw shank. Some people hit very hard, but I find that it works just as well to hammer lightly and slowly/gently turning at same time, if it (ezout) does slip tap harder or drill deeper. Hole shole be at least 3/8" deep. Removing rivets- Most are AD rivets, put tip of bit in the dimple on the rivet drilling straight as possible. You dont want to drill completely through the fastener. Use a 1/8 or 5/32 punch depending on fastener size then knock the shank out. You can take the punch and break of the rivet head first before punching the shank out, this will help prevent you from rolling on top of a sharp object, plus you want have to remove from punch shank later. Have fun!! Bobby Gill '66 Ambassador Valdosta, GA
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