Just took my bumper off and I can honestly say the hardest part was getting out those damn plastic rivets/fasteners. I used 2 flathead drivers and pulled like hell. Broke
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11-29-2009, 01:21 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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pop rivet puller?
Just took my bumper off and I can honestly say the hardest part was getting out those damn plastic rivets/fasteners. I used 2 flathead drivers and pulled like hell. Broke about 3 of them, cut my hand, and generally swore like crazy for 20min. I got it done in the end but there has to be an easier way. Anyone use some kind of pop rivet puller? what brand/where to get etc? Thanks
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I didn't realize that until the second one I did. I destroyed the first one trying to remove it all at once... but once I got smart they came out with no fuss at all.
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Good info m4a1mustang, I have also ran into these types of fasteners and they are a pain if you don't know the trick in removing them, a little late for jmlenz but a valuable lessoned learned on this fasteners or rivots.
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If you look at this picture you'll notice that the insertion/removal of the center piece controls the width of the whole unit. So you unscrew, pull out the center piece with the flathead, then pull out the whole unit. |
11-29-2009, 01:41 PM | #5 (permalink) |
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Except ours just clip in and clip out, so you stick use the grooves to slide a flat head under the center clip and pull, then you can remove the entire fastener.
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11-29-2009, 03:59 PM | #6 (permalink) |
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Fairly easy to pull with a screwdriver, but I bought this Leslie rivet puller, much easier and no slipping screwdrivers to scratch things. Found mine on e-bay.
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