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chassy on fj40
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 7:24 pm
by rolla4wd
Hey guys
on my fj40 the gussets on the chassy that are rivited, can they be cut off and bolted back with grade 8 bolts ?
thanks
Re: chassy on fj40
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 7:25 pm
by Fakey
Sure can, those rivets are great fun to get out
Re: chassy on fj40
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 7:33 pm
by rolla4wd
oh great I have a sledge hammer
Re: chassy on fj40
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 7:57 pm
by niblik
rolla4wd wrote:oh great I have a sledge hammer
add to that the cut off wheel on an angle grinder, decent punch and much patience....
Re: chassy on fj40
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 8:42 pm
by MNC
niblik wrote:rolla4wd wrote:oh great I have a sledge hammer
add to that the cut off wheel on an angle grinder, decent punch and much patience....
yeah, remember that was lots of fun... not. Makes me feel like I've come along way
Re: chassy on fj40
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:05 pm
by Fakey
niblik wrote:rolla4wd wrote:oh great I have a sledge hammer
add to that the cut off wheel on an angle grinder, decent punch and much patience....
Found the easiest (an less damaging to the chassis as it can distort when trying to punch them out) way to get them out was grind the head off the rivet, drill a hole thru the centre of the rivet then punch it out, for real stubborn ones you can also run the gas torch thru the hole ya drilled in it
