rfra3645

ok so i need to replace my lower balljoint on my truck and its rivited on.. when i bought the part the guy told me to cut it off and slap in the new bolts. i wa sliek that easy he said yup .. and away i went.. now im gonna do it but how the hell do you cut a 3/4 or 5/8 rivet??? apears to be verry solid.. anyone got any ideas???

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Lebell

Cutoff wheel.

You can get them that work on a drill.

Get some safety glasses too, if you don't have a set.

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cj2112

die grinder w/ a cut off wheel

Adog

Can you drill off the top of the rivet head??

rfra3645

no they are loacted on the bottom of the knuckle on my truck... verry dificult to get a drill on. or wheel.. was wondering about a chisel of some sort? is that possible?

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kazoo

For a piece of metal that hefty, you'll be at it for a while with a chisel. My choices would be a die grinder with cutoff wheel, or use a regular grinder to make a flat spot on the rivet head, then centerpunch and drill the rivet out.

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IowaEric

Drill it with a quality bit.

crewsor

If you know anyone with an air compressor and zip gun, thats the way to go. An air chisel should knock the head off easily. Barring that, grinding would be the next best option. A torch would work wonders too, but requires some skill and precautions.

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Cadwiz

I would definately not use a torch on the front end parts of anything I planned on driving at some point. The cut-off wheel is the ticket. Had to do this very same procedure on a blazer about two months ago. Cut the head off as close to the adjacent material as possible and use a punch to knock it the rest of the way out.

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james t kirk

I don't know about autos, but I am involved in repairing big old steel bridges every day of the week with MILLIONS of rivets.

We never torch them, we use a rivet buster to bash the heads off.

Basically a jackhammer with a special point on the end.

beaco

angle grinder. Might be hard to drill if it's a big rivet.

xniper

Air chisel thats the way to go. by the way air tools make me hard...