Any suggestions for removing Bulbtite shavehead rivets? UPDATE

[belfert]

Get yourself a set of hole finders from The Yard Store (yardstore.com ??). They're not expensive.

I ordered some things called Tracermarkers.  They basically stick in the hole and stick to back of the metal sheet when the sheet is held in place.  Not cheap by any means, but I want the end result to ook good.

A regular hole finder would not fit on the two sides as the sheet is butted up against stuff on the two sides.

[belfert]

Update: Last night my friend and I got the new sheet of metal installed.  We didn't use the Tracermarkers as they seemed to be one size too small and you only have one chance to get the metal into posiition.

We just laid the old sheet of metal on top of the new piece and used the old metal as a template.  It worked pretty well although every hole along the bottom had to be redrilled once on the bus.  None of the holes got big enough for the rivet to not cover the hole.

This was originally about removing the original rivets.  We were able to punch in all but the four of the original 70+ rivets.  Those four had to be drilled out.

I used 3/4" long rivets this time, but I still had one mandrel snap off prematurely.  I'll be upset if I have to order some 1" loing rivets.

[DaveG]

What rivets are you using?

[belfert]

I am using Bulbtite shavehead rivets.

[DaveG]

Thanks.