Where can I find a listing of the sizes of the various rivets used on the hobie 16? Thanks! -Matt
I had the same problem with my mast a while ago. The diameter of he rivets seems to be the same. I found 3 different lenght. I ended up estimating/messuring the wallthickness in order to determin the length of rivet I used.
Patrick
Me too, I've replaced countless rivets on the tramp, mast, etc (H16 86). I just drill 'em out and put the largest ones in a can. The mast and boom aluminum thickness isn't much - about 3/16" you figure?
Tip of the Day (plag from Murray's catalogue) - when I tried to replace the rivets in the main sheet track, the rivet gun wouldn't fit into the track to seat the rivet properly. Murray's catalogue suggested, and it works, to slide a "stop sleave" over the rivet to extend the reach. The stop sleave is the round stopper on your trap line that holds the handle in place and keeps it from sliding down. It's Nico pressed to hold it in place. Anyway, you need to buy a couple and keep them in your sailing tackle box. You slide this onto your rivet, then put the rivet in the gun and it allows you to fit nicely into the sheet tracks to rivet your rivet.
PS Is there any better on-the-john or bathrub reading better than a Harken and Murray's catelogue? Is there?
Or you can use a nut that is larger than the rivet stem.., something that you can usually find in your tool box. That will work also.
Rick
The parts catalog is online at Hobie Cat.
H16 rivets are on page 56 (58 of 84 in the PDF).
Rick: You might want to make a "sticky" with the parts catalog URL. These sorts of questions get asked often.
Some random rivet tips, when using steel rivets in aluminum, use Alumelast paste, it's a corrosion reducer that helps with the disimilar metals, and when using something to extend the rivet away from the nose of the gun (nut or stop sleeve) don't over do it, if you don't leave enough mandrel (the pin part of the rivet) in the gun it will break the tips off the jaws inside the gun that grip the mandrel.