I am doing a shell off on a 1963 Bambi.
As I look at the original work done in the Airstream factory, it appears to me that some of the rivets were just barely compressed/expanded. The tails are sticking out from the inside of the exterior skin well over an 1/8 of an inch, with very little, if any, mushrooming on the back side. On the one hand they have held for the last 40 years, and entire seams are consistent. On the other hand some seams are leaking, and the rivet is by no means compressed 1 & 1/2 times the tail diameter.
Just wondering if I continue to compress these old original rivets, if it might help seal seams, or if it will just open a can of worms?
As I look at the original work done in the Airstream factory, it appears to me that some of the rivets were just barely compressed/expanded. The tails are sticking out from the inside of the exterior skin well over an 1/8 of an inch, with very little, if any, mushrooming on the back side. On the one hand they have held for the last 40 years, and entire seams are consistent. On the other hand some seams are leaking, and the rivet is by no means compressed 1 & 1/2 times the tail diameter.
Just wondering if I continue to compress these old original rivets, if it might help seal seams, or if it will just open a can of worms?
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