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Pulling out rivets

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Gibthomacas

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I am about to start building another pc with a CM Stacker but the case came with a PSU cage that I really to do not like. The cage is held to the case with a bunch of rivets with circular holes in the middle of them. Is there an easy way to pull these out? I am at work right now so sorry no pics.
 
Drill them out. The metal is soft so this should be a piece of cake.
 
Yep Drilling them out is the way to go. Make sure you don't select too large of a drill bit.
 
Do rivets usually hold in case windows for lian-li cases? this is the case im looking at this. How deep do you drill?
 
You drill all the way through. The bit should go through them like butter, but just make sure you are in control of the drill while you do this, and don't pick a drill bit that enlarges the hole...
 
Remove rivets = 1/8 " drill bit

Do rivets usually hold in case windows for lian-li cases? this is the case im looking at this. How deep do you drill?
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Nope. Looks like screws & nuts from the images. Pop rivets would tend to crack the plastic.
 
Like the folks here say, drilling is the easiest. Just make sure you choose the right size of the drill bit. Make sure its smaller than the rivet hole or else you will damage your case :p -- too small and you won't successfully drill it out. Also, some rivets are easy to remove using pliers to squeeze the hidden part of the rivet and then you can just slide it out, but that only works for some, typically the cheap home installed ones
 
just wondering, if u drill out rivets, but want them back, how do u go about doing it? just put in screws in place?
 
pincho said:
just wondering, if u drill out rivets, but want them back, how do u go about doing it? just put in screws in place?
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It's up to you. You can either use screws or put new rivets in.
 
ah ok, cause im thinking of turning my HDD bay in my Gigabyte Aurora on a 90 degree for beeter cooling from the intake fan, but its held by rivets. if i screw something up, i can put rivets back in and everything will be fine :D
 
You could take the case to a UL test site and let them vibrate the crap out of it till they fall out. Should only take a week or so of constant shaking but by then the rest of the case would be pieces too.
 
once the rivets are removed, you can buy a special tool, and some rivets, and put new ones in, or you can use a nut and bolt to replace them. rivet guns are reasonable priced, so the choice is up to you
 
if you dont have a drill then you can use a brick to wack the bak of the rivits off - thats more fun the the drill way
 
zapperfish said:
if you dont have a drill then you can use a brick to wack the bak of the rivits off - thats more fun the the drill way
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And as a side bonus you get to mod your case at the same time - no more need to deliberately crumple the sheet metal or texture it as its already done :D
 
pincho said:
ah ok, cause im thinking of turning my HDD bay in my Gigabyte Aurora on a 90 degree for beeter cooling from the intake fan, but its held by rivets. if i screw something up, i can put rivets back in and everything will be fine :D
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Yep... any average hardware store will have what you need... basically a "pop rivet gun" like these: http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2004-20,GGLD:en&q=pop+rivet+gun

And they will sell rivets of many sizes as well. Make sure to get the proper size for your application.

Total investment can run into the $20s (Unless you live near a harborfreight, in which case supplies would be under $10.
 
Is it difficult to use a pop rivets? Im not sure I grasp the concept of how it can poke rivets in. Is it like a stapler so it squishes on both sides?
 
Drill a hole through the two pieces to be attached. Put the rivet in the hole, slip the pop riveter over the rivet, and squeeze. The tool pulls a pin through the rivet, which compresses the bottom half of the rivet and flattens it against the bottom side of the metal. So you only need access to one side of the pieces to be attached. That's a really shitty explanation, but it's kinda hard to explain unless you know what the pop rivets look like, and if you knew what they look like then you'd probably be able to figure out how they work. :p Anyway, it's actually quite easy.
 
awdark said:
Is it difficult to use a pop rivets? Im not sure I grasp the concept of how it can poke rivets in. Is it like a stapler so it squishes on both sides?
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It's not hard at all - on a job, I did about 30,000 pop rivets in a week's time.

-SEAL
 
Yep, pop rivets are a piece of cake.

Check out this page for more : http://www.technologystudent.com/joints/popriv1.htm

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pincho said:
ah ok, cause im thinking of turning my HDD bay in my Gigabyte Aurora on a 90 degree for beeter cooling from the intake fan, but its held by rivets. if i screw something up, i can put rivets back in and everything will be fine :D
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I'm sure you've figured it out by now, but I just want to make sure that you know that pop rivets are one time use. Once you put them in and pop them, they can't be removed without destroying them, therefore you can't reuse them once you take them out.
 
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