In a message dated 4/26/2009 7:38:42 PM Central Daylight Time,
ahwahnee18@gmail.com writes:
> I just used pop rivets of a similar size. Only slight difference I
> noticed
> was that the center of the new rivet is a hole whereas the original
> appeared
> to have something in that hole. I could have probably duplicated that
> look but really didn't think it important.
>
>
There are pop rivets and there are pop rivets. I doubt the factory used
anything terribly exotic here but they probably used what is sometimes called
a closed end rivet. This rivet doesn't leave a hole but is solid. This may
have been an attempt to provide fewer entry points for water.
http://www.hansonrivet.com/w22.htm
Dave
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