[Healeys] Pop rivet Question

[Alan Seigrist]

Mark -

Stick with aluminum.  SS pop rivets at some point may eventually wear out
the rivet holes in your shroud, not worth it.  They will also pass all the
galvanic corrosion energy to your shroud first, then the boot floor.  That
means it may actually increase the galvanic corrosion rates on your shroud
and make it worse.

I'd rather the pop rivet corrode out than the shroud or boot pan, they are
very easy to replace.  If you could get zinc rivets, that would be ideal.

Alan

'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8


On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 4:16 PM, Mark LaPierre <lapierrem at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> Its time to install the rear shroud.   Since this is an allum. to steel
> metal
> connection area
> would  SS  pop rivets be a reasonable choice for this area to cut down on
> the
> corrosion
> problem?   Or are the allum. pop rivets OK to use?
>
> No  Conco??????  here mates,    I can't even spell the word with out
> getting
> points knocked
> off.     Gees
>
> Mark