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davgray(at)sbcglobal.net
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Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:39 am Post subject: Help! Zenith Riveter

Try unscrewing the nose piece a turn.  This will change the location on the

rivet stem that makes contact with the puller.  I found immediately after

pulling some of the stainless steel rivets to the brake peddles that  my

riveter developed a sensitive spot that did not grip as well.



Gary Ray

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purplemoon99(at)bellsouth
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Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 1:52 pm Post subject: Help! Zenith Riveter

I RETURNED THE NEW ONE THEY SENT ME, IT BLEW THE END OFF JUST MISSING MY 

HEAD AND DENTING THE HANGER DOOR. TOO BAD THEY STOP SELLING THE OLD TYPE 

(THE YELLOW ONE WITH THE PLASTIC CUPON THE END) THEY ARE GREAT,TRYED TO GET 

THEM TO GET ME ONE OF THE OLD ONES ,BUT THEY SAID  NO...... JOE N101HD

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purplemoon99(at)bellsouth
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Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:36 pm Post subject: Help! Zenith Riveter

IF YOU WANT THE BEST GO TO WWW.FSIRIVET.COM CLICK ON AUTO   THEN PT100-C 

THIS THING DEVELOPES 4000 LB.(at)90-120PSI THEY ALSO HAVE A HAND PULL THAT IS 

HOT... JOE N101HD

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leo(at)zuehlfield.com
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Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:36 pm Post subject: Help! Zenith Riveter

The site, FSIRIVET.COM is down or the URL is bad.



Leo Gates

N601Z



Southern Reflections wrote:

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 IF YOU WANT THE BEST GO TO WWW.FSIRIVET.COM CLICK ON AUTO   THEN 

 PT100-C THIS THING DEVELOPES 4000 LB.(at)90-120PSI THEY ALSO HAVE A HAND 

 PULL THAT IS HOT... JOE N101HD

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purplemoon99(at)bellsouth
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Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 7:12 pm Post subject: Help! Zenith Riveter

SORRY LEO THERE IS A / AFTER COM

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raymondj(at)frontiernet.n
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Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:49 pm Post subject: Help! Zenith Riveter

Greetings,



    My experience with manual blind rivet pullers is that when they give the 

problems you describe it is caused by the teeth on the jaws getting "dull". 

If you look at the pulled stems they may show that the jaws slipped some 

distance on the stem before they got a grip and started to pull.  Sometimes 

when this happens you will see a buildup of aluminum in the jaws when you 

disassemble the puller.  I have never had much luck reconditioning the 

parts.



Raymond Julian

Kettle River, MN



"Hope for the best,

but prepare for the worst."

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dvanlanen

Joined: 25 Jul 2006
Posts: 122
Location: Madison, WI

Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:42 am Post subject: Help! Zenith Riveter

Although I have not pulled that many rivets with my Zenith riveter yet, I have had issues with it seeming to be overly-sensitive.  Granted I am not using an expensive regulator, but it seems to require very minute adjustments to go from not pulling at all to pulling / jumping and denting the skin.  I also have trouble with an occasional A4 rivet head not doming down tightly against the skin all the way around.  It will be slightly raised for about 25% to 35% of the circumference, in spite of the fact that I am very careful to square the riveter to the surface before pulling.  

What is the specific make and model of the HF rivet gun referred to below that builders are having success with?   

Thanks,  

Dave Van Lanen  

601XL – tail done, flaps done, ailerons 75% done 

 

  

Subject:        Re: Help! Zenith Riveter       

   

From:   "MHerder" <michaelherder(at)beckgroup.com>

   

Date:   Nov 18, 2008   

   

I appreciate everyones input.  Sounds like I'm not the only one as I suspected. 

  

I'm going to buy the HF gun but at this point it is a matter of curiosity...  What  

would make it do such a thing. I HATE NOT BEING ABLE TO FIX SOMETHING!  

This should also serve the newcomers, save your money and just go with the HF gun,  

I don't like to buy cheap tools so I splurged and bought the hundred dollar  

Zenith gun rather than the 30 dollar HF gun.  To me it seems that the 30 dollar  

HF gun would be able to better reach some areas and many seem to even like  

the quality better. 

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pdn8r(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 10:23 am Post subject: Help! Zenith Riveter

93458-1VGA is the el-cheapo one at $29.99 

  

 98898-0VGA is the better one at $79.99 

  

 Both are Cetral Pneumatic models

  

 I have the Zac riveter and pricier one from Harbour Freight and it is way better than the one I have from Zac



Bill PaganEAA Tech Counselor #4395

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		  From: Dave VanLanen <davevanlanen(at)sbcglobal.net>

Subject: Re: Help! Zenith Riveter

To: zenith-list(at)matronics.com

Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 12:41 PM



  

Although I have not pulled that many rivets with my Zenith riveter yet, I have had issues with it seeming to be overly-sensitive.  Granted I am not using an expensive regulator, but it seems to require very minute adjustments to go from not pulling at all to pulling / jumping and denting the skin.  I also have trouble with an occasional A4 rivet head not doming down tightly against the skin all the way  around.  It will be slightly raised for about 25% to 35% of the circumference, in spite of the fact that I am very careful to square the riveter to the surface before pulling.

 

What is the specific make and model of the HF rivet gun referred to below that builders are having success with? 

 

Thanks,

 

Dave Van Lanen

 

601XL – tail done, flaps done, ailerons 75% done

 

Subject:        Re: Help! Zenith Riveter       



 

From:   "MHerder" <michaelherder(at)beckgroup.com>



 

Date:   Nov 18, 2008   



 

I appreciate everyones input.  Sounds like I'm not the only one as I suspected.



 

I'm going to buy the HF gun but at this point it is a matter of curiosity...  What

 

would make it do such a thing. I HATE NOT BEING ABLE TO FIX SOMETHING!

 

This should also serve the newcomers, save your money and just go with the HF gun,

 

I don't like to buy cheap tools so I splurged and bought the hundred dollar

 

Zenith gun rather than the 30 dollar HF gun.  To me it seems that the 30 dollar

 

HF gun would be able to better reach some areas and many seem to even like

 

the quality better.



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