750 Sport Headlight rivets ????
750 Sport Headlight rivets ????
Gday, I have just had my head light re chromed, they had to remove the rivets that hold the brackets that attach it to the fork ears. Can these be obtained, or is there a nice bolt that can be used. I dont want to put an ugly rivet back it in. Im hoping that someone has been down this road before and can help. Thanks Gum
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I found this post from Steve in an old thread:
On the shells that I have restored, either painted or rechromed, I have drilled out the rivots to remove the bracket thing, done what needed to be done [chrome or paint] then reattach the bracket thing[s] with something that looked like a rivit head but had threads like a wierd nut. The top of the head is very low profile smoothe and round, under the head there are little ridges that bite into your material to keep it from spinning. I forget what they are actually called, but I want to call them rivit nuts from memory?????
You can get these at a harley davidson shop as they used them to attach fenders to the brackets on their older bikes. They work great and look the part and best of all are removable. Don;t forget to use lock tite...
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Gum, I just drilled out these rivets on an original unit. FYI they were XXXaluminumXXX COPPER , not aluminum. You could turn some out of aluminum rod stock if so inclined. Jordan
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Martin, I have some experience with setting rivets, both hot and cold. It is a two person operation for sure and you do need proper tools and correct size rivets. That being said it is not difficult at all to get the rivets tight. Have more often than not seen the threads in the pivots wear out or get buggered before the rivets fail.
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