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Old 05-22-2017, 04:15 PM
wmott wmott is offline
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Just got back from vacation. Didn't have access to a puter as my FIL doesn't even have cable. Amish country in PA.

Seen the pic of your frame crack/rusted area, was wonderin what you decided to do to fix and if you had any pics?

I've done the ENJOYABLE job of drillin out all 16 rivets on a past build that got scrapped. So was just curious as to your outcome.

Thanks for the write up and GOOD JOB!
My parts truck was solid, so I pulled the frame and mid cross member off it. (Second set of 16 rivets, joy) and put that on.
Went with bolts. I have no large rivet experiencse. Ground off most of the rivet heads, but then realized sawsalling the heads off was easier and then grinding the surface smooth, heating it up with my map lil tourch and punching them out.
Got 1/2" bolts, drilled out the holes with a 1/2" bit as the holes were less than 1/2", bolted it in and tightened the crap out of it.
Drive it for the first time today, and very nice.
Thanks again.
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