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RE: getting brake lining rivets 'square on' - JonE - 09-12-2019
Thanks all. Yep, that's what my punch looks like now! - thankyou for that pic. I''ve been gradually taking sections out with the grinder.
I see no washers added there, so will just keep it simple...
RE: getting brake lining rivets 'square on' - Chris KC - 09-12-2019
Robert's rivets look lovely but don't worry as long as they are secure. I can't see that a washer adds anything beneficial; unless perhaps the holes in the shoe are mangled, in which case....
RE: getting brake lining rivets 'square on' - JonE - 09-12-2019
I can see one advantage of Saftek now is the operating range of the riveted shoe.. not a great deal of wear until one is down to the rivets, and especially so if you aren't absolutely right angles to the rivet.
Not that I actually travel anywhere, seemingly, so that's largely a theoretical concern...
RE: getting brake lining rivets 'square on' - "Slack Alice" Simon - 09-12-2019
Try again:
(The holes are because it is recycled from something else, the tape at the top sticks it into an old button press wot I have.)
RE: getting brake lining rivets 'square on' - Chris KC - 09-12-2019
I'm struggling to remember the last time I had to re-line my brake shoes Jon! I wouldn't let it worry you.
RE: getting brake lining rivets 'square on' - dickie65 - 09-12-2019
Washers are used if the rivets are too long to make off properly.
There is a special tool for punching the rivets over. Its a punch which is bent to clear the side of the shoes.
It is non Austin Seven specific and is used on some old motorbike brake linings as well. ( There is also an Austin Service tool for this as well )
Unfortunately not an easy thing to find.
The local brake specialist used to have one along with the special cutters for the rivet holes in the linings.
Unfortunately they are no longer in buisiness.
RE: getting brake lining rivets 'square on' - JonE - 13-12-2019
Well, I found the most successful riveting was done with a little nut on the side of the rivet top to stand off from the brake material, and just pressing in the corner of a big metal vice, which is easy to do with the 'curly' web on the shoe. The tool never seems to be quite at 90 degrees and the ones I started needed finishing off in the vice for tightness. And perhaps I'm not hitting the thing hard enough.
Would be really interested to see the actual Austin tool or a pic from the service journals...
RE: getting brake lining rivets 'square on' - Steve Jones - 13-12-2019
(13-12-2019, 02:51 PM)JonE Wrote: Would be really interested to see the actual Austin tool or a pic from the service journals...
Page 530 of The Source Book.
Steve
RE: getting brake lining rivets 'square on' - JonE - 13-12-2019
Ah. Which is copyright so perhaps won't appear on 'ere! :-)
RE: getting brake lining rivets 'square on' - Steve Jones - 13-12-2019
Why would you need it on here if you just wanted to see what one looked like? Just open your Source Book on P.530
Steve