That was great to see Nino each time I have seized score motor I take one look at them rivets and get scared off. Maybe next time I'll have a gonat rebuilding one. What bolts do you use to hold it all back together?
Whatever is lying around in my big box of bolts ! I'm going to have a look if bunnings have something that will suffice.
Looks like the original rivets were brass?
If you want it to look original you could make replacement rivets yourself by getting some brass rod the size of the original rivet .
Make the rivet about 2mm each end longer than the width of the housing and drill a small hole in each end about a mm smaller than the diameter of the shaft.
You can then peen each end with a centre punch (placed in the drilled holes) to roll the rivet out to create a flange.
Once it starts to flare out use a flat ended punch to flatten it out a bit and create a tight join.
Just be careful not to beat the hell out of it as you don't want to split your casing!
