Where to Get Seat Frame Rivets?

[PurpleBeeper]

I’ve got a ‘70 6-way bucket seat frame that is bent & I need to straighten. It looks like I need to remove 3 of the rivets, straighten 2 pieces and replace the rivets. Where can we buy these? THANKS!

 

[Lefty71]

MacMaster-Carr maybe....?
But youre gonna need the tools to reset them too.

 

[pnora]

Shoulder Rivets range by Universal Rivet Inc.

 

[PurpleBeeper]

MacMaster-Carr maybe....?
But youre gonna need the tools to reset them too.

Well, to reset them, I have access to a strong press and a guy who knows how to use it. Can I just "press" the small side of a replacement rivet to "fatten up the small end". I've never done it, so I'm all ears

 

[PurpleBeeper]

Shoulder Rivets range by Universal Rivet Inc.

Dude.....they must have something. THANKS!

 

[pnora]

Is this a concourse restoration? If not I have reused the old rivets. Grind off the peened end and drive it out. It may be tight. Then put it together and with a wire feed weld the rivet in. If you just hit the rivet dead on with a couple bumps with the welder you can almost duplicate the peened end you ground off. Little careful grinding and you are done.

 

[PurpleBeeper]

Is this a concourse restoration? If not I have reused the old rivets. Grind off the peened end and drive it out. It may be tight. Then put it together and with a wire feed weld the rivet in. If you just hit the rivet dead on with a couple bumps with the welder you can almost duplicate the peened end you ground off. Little careful grinding and you are done.

Nope, functional restoration. I’ve considered grade 8 bolts

 

[pnora]

Nope, functional restoration. I’ve considered grade 8 bolts

Do what I said to the rivets. You can make quick work out of it.

 

[PurpleBeeper]

Do what I said to the rivets. You can make quick work out of it.

Thanks. I'm leaning that way except I found the double shoulder rivets.....I just have to see if I can buy less than 10,000 at a time. If not, re-weld the end