Side Screens

[shaker]

Here is what I have in place![/img]

[Fred flinstone]

Smoken it looks  you need the side screans for extera strucual strenght to holld the body together

[sa mokin]

Looks like an unhealthy use of pop rivets!   

[Terry]

Looks like an unhealthy use of pop rivets!   

Hi, they are actually screws. A bit hard to see with all the paint, but they are the standard screws.

Terry

[Newie]

I did one recently with Rivnuts instead of the original brackets which I think came out really well, and a better setup than original I think, but be very, VERY careful not to hit the edge of the windscreen with the drill bit.............on the last one 

By the way, no-one's mentioned yet about the two tube reinforcing brackets that run between the bottom of the sidescreens and the parcel shelf.


Newie

[seamoke]

Hi Newie,

What are Rivnuts?

Seamoke

[sa mokin]

Terry I was referring to the areas within the white circles     

[Newie]

Hi Newie,

What are Rivnuts?

Seamoke

Sorry seamoke.

The clue is in the name - riv~nut  - basically a combination of a rivet and a nut. Also called nutsert (nut insert?)

They are basically used for giving you a threaded hole in sheet metal. Particularly useful where you can only get to one side and therefore cant get a nut onto the other side. The idea is that you can securely bolt something (such as a Moke sidescreen) to a sheet metal panel.

The catch is that they are normally "set" with a tool not unlike a pop rivet gun. The main difference between a pop rivet gun and a rivnut gun however is the price. They are quite expensive, particularly for the larger sizes. When you're only doing a few though, you can manually set them. This thread on a Land Rover forum shows a good description  http://www.aulro.com/afvb/projects-tutorials/67408-nutserts-rivnuts-without-tool-pics.html

Very handy from time to time as you can then use whatever bolt you like (different heads etc) to either fix panels together in a removable manner or attach other things to them.


Newie

[seamoke]

Thanks Newie,

I have never heard of, or seen them before!
You wouldnt happen to have a pic of one handy to post would you as Im sure I am not alone on this one.

Thanks in advance!
Seamoke.

[Terry]

Terry I was referring to the areas within the white circles     

Hi, Okay they are rivets, I wasn't looking at that part of the image.

Terry

[Newie]

Thanks Newie,

I have never heard of, or seen them before!
You wouldnt happen to have a pic of one handy to post would you as Im sure I am not alone on this one.

Thanks in advance!
Seamoke.

Courtesy of Maddog's seemingly inexhaustable gallery  







By the way, the line drawing makes it look like they are used to join two sheets much like a pop rivet. Whilst this is of course possible, it's not their main use.


Newie

[bnicho]

I bought a set of pre-bent ones off MoeMoke about eight or nine years ago.  I made up the framework for them myself out of aluminum.  I didn't have anything to reference from, so I just made them up how I wanted.  I made sure the turnbuckles that hold the front edge of the "door" on are on the INSIDE, so less dust and water can get in. 

Cheers,

[martin]

mine were tekscrewed into the windscreen frame - not something I suggest anyone copies!
Martin