Removing and Replacing Riveted Headbadge

Johnsqual

Senior Retro Guru
Hello all,

Does anyone have any tips for how to safely remove then replace a riveted headbadge?

I vaguely recall reading something about drilling out the rivets, but obviously if the drill slips
it would be pretty catastrophic...

Johnny
 
insert a small length of 1" metal tubing in the head tube until it rests on the upper rivet and tap gently......you'll find the rivets pop undone this way quite easily
 
Hmm..

Not sure which rivets we are on about....rivets have a metal "mushroom" either side of the hole.

Hollow "pop" rivets?

Shaun
 
Drill them out slowly with a dremel. Finding the right size rivets to replace and a rivet gun that fits is near impossible though. Best finish is to cut the head off an old spoke and glue it in place.
 
This is a real riveting thread eh, Shaun
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Pop rivets are simpler.

For my Flyer I used copper dome head rivets and filed the stems protruding inside the head tube to make a burr which held the rivet and headbadge in place.
 
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