How To:Use a pop rivet tool Tim Carter demonstrates how a pop rivet tool works to connect two pieces of thin metal. Some projects, such as working on your aluminum gutters, will require you to connect two pieces of thin metal. An effective method is the use of a pop rivet gun. Most...
The drive holes in the clutch disc will become oblong, too. To prevent this from happening, both pressure plates should be trued-up (and resurfaced until perfectly flat for better clutch adhesion) in a metal lathe to prevent the possibility of breakage for this type of drive plate. But ...
I have been asked many times how long it takes to do my repairs but that is difficult because I take literally HUNDREDS of pictures during these repairs (for my radiator replacement repair and thermostat change, I took over 750 pictures so I could make sure to have every ang...
Install casters if you need them. Don't use screws or rivets for this; bolt them through and through with washers and nuts or T-nuts, and use something like Loctite or self locking nuts to prevent them from loosening. If your case is likely to tip over, use a separate base panel to...
The simplest example of a cut or formed piece of sheet metal is an angle iron. To create an angle iron, a long, straight piece of sheet metal is bent (formed) in one direction. Cutting and forming processes are often the first stage of processing that sheet metal products undergo, ...
Using the lug bolts and nuts included with the axle kit, install the predetermined sized tires on the axle. 5 Finish out the other parts. Weld the hitch to the tongue and attach the assembly to the front of the frame. Attach the jack behind the hitch on the tongue. Route electrical wir...