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On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 22:10, Jim Adney wrote: > On 12 Nov 2004 at 13:33, Russ Wolfe wrote: > > > 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. I install them from the bottom. When you are done, it is only slightly rounded where it protrudes. this will slide right by the rubber on closing. > > > 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? Use a center punch to start the peen, then switch to a small ball bearing and a pair of visegrips <tm> to finish it. I pad the top part so as not to scratch it. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~