acabtp
Well-known member
I had a few loose rivets on the floor of my 14' starcraft. When I was out on the water yesterday, I used a red crayon to circle the leaky ones (works while wet). Today, I pulled the boat off of the trailer and laid it on the driveway. Then, I put an old brake rotor under the boat and lined it up with each of the rivets that needed rebucking, gave them a quick couple taps from the interior with a hammer, and now they are tight as a drum. Took me all of 5 minutes.
Only thing to be careful is to make sure that you are holding things down firmly against the anvil (brake rotor in my case)... each hammer strike will be a quiet, high pitched "tink"... if there is a big aluminum boom you are doing it wrong.
Only thing to be careful is to make sure that you are holding things down firmly against the anvil (brake rotor in my case)... each hammer strike will be a quiet, high pitched "tink"... if there is a big aluminum boom you are doing it wrong.