Jeff Eaker Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 River replacement seemed the only choice for me as I wanted to properly clean and polish my brass Parker fan blades. The hub also needed to be restored. I drilled the rivets out after finding a very good modern match of rivet. My hubs fan blade holes are .130 so an 1/8 inch diameter rivet would suffice for replacement. Head radius and diameter are important for tensile strength as well as ascetics try and find something comparable. The length was calculated as well. The length on this particular 29646 Emerson Parker fan blade and hub combination is .1875. The solid portion of your rivet(shank) should be an 1/8 of an inch. The hollow portion of your rivet would be what’s called the (tail).The (tail)should be about 1/3 more than the length of the working dimension of your rivet(shank). This will make a good secure tail. Here are some pictures to help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Eaker Posted January 25, 2023 Author Share Posted January 25, 2023 Sorry rivets not river can’t find how to edit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Eaker Posted January 25, 2023 Author Share Posted January 25, 2023 You will also need a 1/8 inch rivet clincher to reinstall rivets. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Ray Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 Jeff, I did a write up a while back on doing Emerson blade riveting. You can find it here: https://new.afcaforum.com/index.php?/topic/2195-rivets/#comment-15067 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Roadt Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 7 hours ago, Jeff Eaker said: Sorry rivets not river can’t find how to edit No big deal . The three horizontal dots upper right next to your name ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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