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On 12 Nov 2004 at 13:33, Russ Wolfe wrote: > Not if you use the very short ones. that is all we ever used at the > dealers. My impression was that even the shortest ones needed to push thru the material they were fastening enough that there would still be a head above the material when finished. I thought that the "head" on the central mandrel was a couple of mm high. I suppose you could grind that down some, however. > Easier that pulling the glass to put the aluminum ones in. And a LOT > easier than pulling the door apart and replacing the whole assembly. Agreed. > If you just replace the wing itself, where do you get the special rivet > and fiber washer that goes back in the upper hinge? I've got 'em, but I don't know how to set the rivets in place. Do you have the special tool that will let me do this with the window in place? -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~