razor bonnet refurb.

wickford90 · Oct 1, 2013

I,m renovating some of the smaller panels before i strip it down for a complete refurb, been offered a razor bonnet at a decent price and want to know if i can take it apart so i can derust prime and paint the inner parts, or will riveting it all back together be more trouble than its worth. Also how do the rivets on the bonnet fix on as they have a dome head, is there a special tool,

samc88 · Oct 1, 2013

I think its a special shape of dolly used to make the rivet head. If you look on johnny curt's rebuild thread, he had a go doing the same thing you want to do and he has a few piccies too

wickford90 · Oct 1, 2013

samc88 said:
I think its a special shape of dolly used to make the rivet head. If you look on johnny curt's rebuild thread, he had a go doing the same thing you want to do and he has a few piccies too

Cheers, will give it a look

3.5 efi · Oct 1, 2013

I learnt how to do these in college, was a while ago mind.
very easy to damage material you're riveting.
do-able with practice though.

wickford90 · Oct 1, 2013

samc88 said:
I think its a special shape of dolly used to make the rivet head. If you look on johnny curt's rebuild thread, he had a go doing the same thing you want to do and he has a few piccies too

Just typed that in the search function got no match? got a link by any chance.

wickford90 · Oct 1, 2013

3.5 efi said:
I learnt how to do these in college, was a while ago mind.
very easy to damage material you're riveting.
do-able with practice though.

Do you know what the rivets are called and i will have a look on you tube.

3.5 efi · Oct 1, 2013

Aluminium solid rivets round head and flat head various sizes and quantities | eBay

these, but you need tool to work them. hand held and struck with hammer to form.

trax · Oct 1, 2013

wickford90 said:
Just typed that in the search function got no match? got a link by any chance.

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f6/johnnys-series-3-resto-project-178801.html

wickford90 · Oct 1, 2013

3.5 efi said:
Aluminium solid rivets round head and flat head various sizes and quantities | eBay

these, but you need tool to work them. hand held and struck with hammer to form.

Thanks

trax · Oct 1, 2013

maybe this page http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f6/johnnys-series-3-resto-project-178801-18.html#post1879876 ??

wickford90 · Oct 2, 2013

trax said:
maybe this page http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f6/johnnys-series-3-resto-project-178801-18.html#post1879876 ??

thanks,

johnny curt 1 · Oct 2, 2013

ere wickford 90

thought you might be interested in having a gander at these things

the propper tools for rounding rivet heads

Rivet Snaps and Set up

johnny curt 1 · Oct 2, 2013

forgot to mention me **** hot tip fer removing the old rivets

from the inside use a bloody good sharp wood chisel to pop the rounds off the rivets but do this on the frame side of the bonnet not the top side as not to leave any ghastly marks on the finished article ( basicaly chisel the head off the buggers but use short fast sharp hits with the hammer not heavy blundering clouts )

just sharpen the chisel evry 7 to 10 rivets and theyll crop off lovely and just push through

hell of a lot faster and neater than drilling or grinding the bastids off

trax · Oct 2, 2013

johnny curt 1 said:
ere wickford 90

thought you might be interested in having a gander at these things

the propper tools for rounding rivet heads

Rivet Snaps and Set up

handy lil site with interesting bits an bobs

wickford90 · Oct 2, 2013

johnny curt 1 said:
forgot to mention me **** hot tip fer removing the old rivets

from the inside use a bloody good sharp wood chisel to pop the rounds off the rivets but do this on the frame side of the bonnet not the top side as not to leave any ghastly marks on the finished article ( basicaly chisel the head off the buggers but use short fast sharp hits with the hammer not heavy blundering clouts )

just sharpen the chisel evry 7 to 10 rivets and theyll crop off lovely and just push through

hell of a lot faster and neater than drilling or grinding the bastids off

Thanks for that, followed that link from your build thread.Someone else said about chopping them off. Was the end result worth all the arsing about.

johnny curt 1 · Oct 2, 2013

wickford90 said:
Thanks for that, followed that link from your build thread.Someone else said about chopping them off. Was the end result worth all the arsing about.

if id had the money the only thing i would have done different is buying the pre made replacement frame either complete or in parts rather than fettle about with making my own to suit

razor bonnet refurb.

wickford90

Well-Known Member

samc88

Drivels spiritual representative

wickford90

Well-Known Member

3.5 efi

Well-Known Member

wickford90

Well-Known Member

wickford90

Well-Known Member

3.5 efi

Well-Known Member

trax

.

wickford90

Well-Known Member

trax

.

wickford90

Well-Known Member

johnny curt 1

Well-Known Member

johnny curt 1

Well-Known Member

trax

.

wickford90

Well-Known Member

johnny curt 1

Well-Known Member

Similar threads