Easy way to remove the rivets on the 1990 GMC K1500 GMT400
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@daz4312 Жыл бұрын
Been a metalsmith for 45 years. Thanks so much for demonstrating admirably how to properly drill a larger hole in a piece of metal by gradually stepping up the size of the drill bit. Can't tell you how many times I have seen people grab the biggest bit and just try to power it through a thicker piece of metal. They get so impatient, frustrated, and angry and all they leave is some scratches and burn the temper out of the bit, rendering it useless. Slow is your friend when cutting or drilling metal. And yes, the further down you drill the rivet, the easier it is to knock the head off. Great video! Thankfully I've had the ball joints in my truck replaced a couple times before and they are bolted in now!!
@jmitch6764 Жыл бұрын
Drilling tip for steel - rpms slow as you can with as much pressure as is safe for the bit. high speed smears steel and makes it harder and dulls your bit.
@hawkdsl3 жыл бұрын
Another technique that I used on those was to cut an X on the head with a cut off wheel, and just use the punch with the air chisel to pop them out. Worked like a charm. (I have the same truck).
@vincentwasney1768 Жыл бұрын
I feel like that would make this 3x quicker.
@hawkdsl Жыл бұрын
@@vincentwasney1768 Honestly, maybe 15 minutes a side... and there is no heat to warp and soften the A-Arms metal. I am surprised he didn't know this technique.
@SuburbanRanch Жыл бұрын
We tried many methods, the method we used in the video worked best for us!
@walterkersting9922 Жыл бұрын
I might try that on the other side.
@trailman20 Жыл бұрын
That's what I do
@AdamScoots247 Жыл бұрын
I appreciate someone out there providing a different method than cutting. I wanted to get some spring hangers off a frame at the junkyard, and most junkyards to not allow anything that sparks. Cutting or torching is not an option! Hopefully it goes well and I dont waste my time, if it works I should be saving about 250 dollars buying the only available aftermarket option.
@bioshock1778 Жыл бұрын
Took me all day to remove the rivets on my car. The press wouldn't even work. So we ended up drilling them out. Thought the air hammer would work but it didn't. It was a nightmare.
@SuburbanRanch Жыл бұрын
@BigShock17 The rivets can be really tough, glad to hear you got them out!
@ronaldsteveson763 жыл бұрын
Thank you for trying a different way on the other side then showing the better way 👍
@John_Ridley Жыл бұрын
"never have to deal with these rivets again" Yeah now you need to deal with rusted solid bolts instead :) Last week I had to do two ball joints on a car, one was riveted, the other bolted (had been replaced). I did the rivets the way you did here, the bolts I got one out with an impact but the others no luck that way so I cut the nuts+bolts close to the flange with a cutoff wheel and they dropped out.
@scotthall36442 жыл бұрын
Cut off wheel on 4 1/2inch grinder takes 5 minutes
@_MOORE_198612 күн бұрын
Had I made a video of trying to drill through and punch out my rivets you would had seen 3 different Sunsets! I still have the other side to do! Hopefully it will be as easy as all these videos make it out to be.
@aboutmyfathersbusiness83242 жыл бұрын
Almost the same here...I keep the arm in the car; drill 1/4 all the way through, 3/8.. 3/4 of the way and 7/16 level to the arm plate. They come out rather easy with a 3/8 punch.
@bigbrotheriswatching26802 жыл бұрын
Do you drill from bottom or top? Wanting to keep arm in car because I don't have any replacement bushings for it, and old ones might crack if I remove it. But I don't have a fancy lift. Can I come in from the top you think?
@Chubbza52 жыл бұрын
@@bigbrotheriswatching2680 Yes, that's what I did. You can use a straight punch attachment in the air chisel too instead of beating a bolt into it. If they're really stuck hit the bottom of the rivet a few times with the air chisel, off center like you're trying to "spin" the rivet. That breaks it loose usually and makes it easier to punch out. I did this with it attached to the frame and put a jack stand under the A arm to hold it in place.
@kennyalgeo6194 Жыл бұрын
This comment/video saved me multiple days of drilling after I was trying to jam a 1/2’’ bit though those suckers for 4 hours. Thank you!
@fd9431 Жыл бұрын
Impressive drills appeared cut into rivets easy. Appreciate you posting the vid.
@tedmankowski54907 ай бұрын
Best removal method that I've seen.
@Galahadfairlight Жыл бұрын
You can do it even quicker than this by leaving your drill in its drawer! Get a small Angle Grinder with a metal slitting disc, and cut deep X's into the tops of the rivets. Then get the air chisel out and it will do the same job.
@lanzecki Жыл бұрын
The drill work (stepping up sizes ) is great work. But, angle grind the rivet heads off and air hammer the rivets out.
@SuburbanRanch Жыл бұрын
Tried the air hammer, it couldn’t pound the rivets out.
@donovanhandley7936 Жыл бұрын
Currently going through the same process except with the control arm still on the car. The aftermarket ball joint (Mevotech) actually has larger bolts than the factory rivets, so I actually needed to drill the holes in the arm to 31/64th. These rivets are very tough and will need a nice set of drill bits to get through.
@SuburbanRanch Жыл бұрын
@Donovan Handley Interesting, we didn’t have to drill the holes any bigger. But yes, the rivets are a bear!
@donovanhandley7936 Жыл бұрын
@@SuburbanRanch Yeah it was strange. The original ball joint had smaller holes, but all good now!
@C0Y0TE5 Жыл бұрын
The plastic on my Mervotech control arms for a 2011 Ranger did not even last 5000km before failing. I went to Ford for OEM and paid only a couple dollars more.
@juanalmaraz1980 Жыл бұрын
The easiest way I have found is to replace the whole control arm everytime I replace ball joints ...is more expensive but you get new bushings and joints as well
@SuburbanRanch Жыл бұрын
@jta361 Unfortunately, new control arms for the 4wd trucks are not available.
@lmorales93193 жыл бұрын
Gracias x su tiempo de explicar el video no entiendo mucho ingles pero sólo verlo dios te bendiga
@easonjones36762 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing great video I am glad you did not do a video like some suppose to be real tech showing how to replace one that is no longer riveted in that had been replaced before..
@crpth13 жыл бұрын
Geez! The "complicometer" was really turned ON in full power! LOL 😂 Spare hands, control arm out of the vehicle, drill, air chisel, place to work, tools etc. In short everything set to be easy, fast and simple. And, even then made it so complicated! If going the drill bit way just get an appropriate size dill bit and drill the rivet head out. It's that simple. No need for the air chisel. But since you have an air chisel, than you don't need the drill bit! ;-) Either case with all that at hand. Just use the air chisel to pull out the rivets. It's faster and simpler. Simultaneously you can skip the punch and sledge hammer...
@SuburbanRanch3 жыл бұрын
@crpth1 Not sure if you’ve done it or got lucky when you did. We tried to just knock the head off without drilling or putting an X in the head of the rivet, didn’t work. Also we tried using just the air chisel to knock it out once we got the head off, no luck. The rivet mushrooms out in the middle locking it in place. We tried multiple ways, this was the easiest way we came up with.
@Mike_Can_Fix-it Жыл бұрын
@crpth1, that worked for you? Wow, thats unbelievable!! You had better thank the good Lord for Him bestowing magic upon you lol. I have an Ingersoll Rand '7x' rivet gun which can also be used, depending on implement, air chisel, hammer (which essentially what a rivet gun is to begin), air punch etc.... the 'X' denotes the power it is able to produce. 3x, only for aluminum rivets, 5x is the most common as it does any rivet up to 5/16" dia. 7x is nick named the thumper as it will very handily without thinking of breaking a sweat, will punch through. 009" 7076 T-7 sheet aluminum which is common size for lower airframe (sub buttock line 0 on fuselage) skin. 9x..... not sure if that exists. I heard rumors that someone spotted one but, his hand broke before he could get a picture
@ninjanightwiliom553 ай бұрын
You think you could make a video on how to remove the lower control arm bushings? I have a pretty good idea on how to but I’m not 100% sure..
@SuburbanRanch3 ай бұрын
I actually had them done at a shop with a press
@mrmasterpeels Жыл бұрын
If you had a cutoff grinder and hammer punch bit with your air hammer, the job can be done in minutes. Crosscut the head 2 or 3 times. Hammer off the head. Then, hammer out the bolt. Put a jackstand under the control arm to absorb the hammer impact.
@SuburbanRanch Жыл бұрын
We tried doing it with just the air hammer, it was not powerful enough!
@malcolmdastur4411Ай бұрын
The demo was great. Only problem is, in order to do the rivets the way you show in 6 minutes the bottom arm needs to be off the truck. 🤫😏😒
@avery214j3 ай бұрын
Awesome video. It makes sense
@alipescador2348 Жыл бұрын
Exelente amigo gracias lo felicito
@tbituner2 жыл бұрын
So I'm rebuilding most of my front end and I am stuck on these lower ball joints. I was feeling all proud of myself getting this far since I'm not a mechanic but man these rivets are a pain! I don't know if it's because I don't have an air chisel, but my normal hammer and chisel isn't cleanly knocking the heads off like in your video. It's more sheering them off and leaving the bottom of the heads behind like they're welded on. Maybe my drill hole was too small? Went out and got a 7/16 like you said and I'll put some more work in. Hopefully that works because I've been at a stand still for 3 weeks at this point. I'll drill these all the way through if I have to and hopefully I'm centered up well while doing it and don't ruin the arm.
@SuburbanRanch2 жыл бұрын
@Richard Young Yeah.. rivets can be a pain. The air chisel we have is really inexpensive at harbor freight and has come in really handy. www.harborfreight.com/medium-barrel-air-impact-hammer-61244.html
@bigbrotheriswatching26802 жыл бұрын
I paid $17 for mine at harborfreight, run it with a pancake compressor and it does alright. Don't forgot the quick connect fitting.
@tbituner2 жыл бұрын
@@bigbrotheriswatching2680 I actually just got the last rivet out last weekend lol. So now both lower joints are out and I can start repainting before the new stuff goes on.
@bigbrotheriswatching26802 жыл бұрын
@@tbituner howd ya get them out? Did you drill in from the top without removing the arm? That's what I'm about to try
@tbituner2 жыл бұрын
@@bigbrotheriswatching2680 yes I didn't use any fancy tools once the head was off just a hand drill with the control arm still attached, supported by a jack stand so the torsion bar didn't absorb all the impact while trying to whack them out. In this video he uses 7/16 but based on my experience I wouldn't recommend that because it is almost the exact size of the hole in the control arm. So if you aren't EXACTLY on center or don't go perfectly straight down you will eat away at the control arm not just the rivet. I may have done that a little on the first arm so I'm nervous on how it will go back together. For the second arm though, I got the two drill bit sizes below 7/16, the strong ones of course meant to drill through thick steel. So I would just alternate between the two sizes back and for, vacuum out the shavings each switch until I got almost a full 3/4 through the rivet. Then I placed a spare short steel bolt in that hole and just whacked it as hard as I could until it popped out. Removed the second set perfectly that way. To get the heads off I used a cutting wheel and made 3 cuts instead of the usual 2 to make an X, seemed to make hammering the head off with a chisel by hand much easier. Maybe it was just because more heat was getting into the head so it was more eager to deform and sheer off.
@dougjohns51152 ай бұрын
all kinds of people online showing how easy it is with a compresor and air chisel but what about those of us that do not have one or both ...??? or unwilling to buy a tool for one job?
@SuburbanRanch2 ай бұрын
Gotta have the right tools for the job!
@tonycotta66028 ай бұрын
Young fella it's easier to just use a cut off wheel cut an x in it then use a air hammer with a straight chisel knocks it off every time then punch out the rivets .
@jt94623 ай бұрын
Easy to do when not on the vehicle
@SuburbanRanch3 ай бұрын
Same procedure on the vehicle, just harder to film!
@jsumm52405 ай бұрын
Yeah your good. Thank you
@Mike_Can_Fix-it Жыл бұрын
Hard metals, low speed high prx. Softer material, high speed low pressure. Anyways. .... Thank you for the video. I've a 1998 C1500 I am about to R&R ball joints. So, sincerely....thank you. What were your symptoms? My 'Burban is wandering at freeway speeds, front tires (obviously) are wearing HORRIBLY on the inboard shoulder. To me, that screams "BALL JOINTS!!!"
@AFatherToTheFatherless Жыл бұрын
More like tie rods
@frankoneyjr.45159 ай бұрын
Great video !
@jerzykoodziej30793 жыл бұрын
Non sens. Get the control arm out and work with rivets! If I take out controle arm is faster mounting new one with ball joint! Take out ball joint without removing control arm! That problem.
@SuburbanRanch3 жыл бұрын
@Jerzy Kolodziej You cannot buy new control arms for a k1500, gotta work with the originals. We are also replacing the bushings so it made sense to remove the entire control arm, but you can remove just the ball joint with the arm in the truck.
@jerzykoodziej30793 жыл бұрын
@@SuburbanRanch Wow. My daughter by first car. Old. Chevy Optra 2007 . On my opinion good deal but Nevers say never! I must change ball joint . End it's the problem: work with rivets ans buy the ball joint for 10$ or change lower arm with ball joint for 58$ ! Question- what's easly?
@SuburbanRanch3 жыл бұрын
@Jerzy Kolodziej I would just buy a new control arm with the ball joint already replaced and new bushings
@stephensomersify6 күн бұрын
Air hammer rivets out! ?
@SaluteMyBalls3 ай бұрын
This is the one i was looking for! thank you for the playlist From a new obs owner. with a shot front end.
@jtr2179jeremy5 ай бұрын
That looks really easy when the control arm is off the vehicle. How about when it’s on the vehicle?
@SuburbanRanch5 ай бұрын
Same process on the truck, just less room!
@user-gn5uy6lx7z Жыл бұрын
I have the same problem with my 1997 Dodge Dakota. For some reason the factory decided to use these rivets instead of bolts and nuts which are what the new upper and lower ball joints come with. I forsee a lot of work and nothing is easy for sure. I am not going to remove the upper and lower ball joints because I am not a mechanic by any means and that looks like it would be tricky. So, what I was thinking is score the rivets on the top side with a metal cutting disk and then just use my air chisel to remove the pieces. After removing the pieces I plan on grinding down what's left to be punched out. What do you think? Is my thinking about right?
@SuburbanRanch Жыл бұрын
@William That should do the trick
@jimb2785 Жыл бұрын
Six minute video but I don't think it took only six minutes to do that....haha....especially if you want to patiently do it right....thanks for the video!
@richbiddlecome2300 Жыл бұрын
what you showed is the easy part. Now get the control arm of the truck?
@SuburbanRanch Жыл бұрын
Removing the upper and lower control arms on an 88-98 OBS Chevy K1500 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKDVl6GGpMiko5o
@jackbenson4966 Жыл бұрын
Do I have to drill into them to get them out because I have chiseled both sides of the top ball joint off and still can’t get the rivets to come out
@SuburbanRanch Жыл бұрын
@Jack Benson That’s what I would recommend
@olivedrabgarage62432 жыл бұрын
Not a criticism..just curious why you didn't use your air hammer to drive the rivets out? I have a WW2 truck that's over 80yrs old and I've been told to use an air hammer to get the rivets out as most fuse with rust over the years and hitting with a big hammer can crack the cast parts and bend the frame.
@SuburbanRanch2 жыл бұрын
@Olive Drab Garage We tried, our air hammer would not drive them out
@olivedrabgarage62432 жыл бұрын
@@SuburbanRanch ahhh...bugger. I hope mine come out or I'm going to have to up the stakes with a plasma cutter.
@sdriza Жыл бұрын
@@SuburbanRanch you need a bigger air hammer
@SuburbanRanch Жыл бұрын
@sdriza Yes, a bigger air hammer might do the trick!
@sdriza Жыл бұрын
@@SuburbanRanch I'm high on long barrel air hammers right now. I was fighting with a stuck axle last week and finally bought one over the weekend... Loving it - been trying to use it for anything - can't believe I waited so long to get another one. Hope all is well and I enjoyed the video.
@e-racer467311 ай бұрын
You can’t say that it’s six minutes to change bowl joints because you have to add in the fact that you had to take the wheel & the lower A-frame off to even get to it so it took a little longer than six minutes is what I’m getting at. myself, I blow the heads off with a torch.
@albertrivera54438 ай бұрын
Can you drill top to bottom? If you dont want to take off the a arm .. got a coil spring in the front
@SuburbanRanch8 ай бұрын
As long as you center your drill bit, you should be able to drill from either side.
@albertrivera54438 ай бұрын
@@SuburbanRanch great!! Thanks for the response !! 👍🏼
@ozkrpalminteri94319 ай бұрын
If u already have an air hammer, why don't u just use it to push the rivets down with the right chisel?
@SuburbanRanch9 ай бұрын
We tried! It would budge with the air hammer
@xideathzapix2 жыл бұрын
in aircraft when drilling rivets its not advisable to drill so deep. the material left in the hole is a direct indicator of how far off center the drill was and thus how far out off round the hole is. there is more lenience when installing new rivets but with bolts being the replacement fastener in this case there is a chance for movement and widening of the holes under stress. i would tell you to drill shallower, then using an 8oz hammer, strike the center hard a few times. if everything is correctly drilled, the head should pop off with just a few strikes. its better to finesse in this area than to take too much material out. then the shanks can be driven out with the hammer and punch or even a pin style set for the air hammer.
@SuburbanRanch2 жыл бұрын
@billy sanders Our drilling was all encapsulated within the rivet shank. The hole was not damaged at all.
@eddiecruz26132 жыл бұрын
I have same truk but I found a whole lower arm replacement with ball joint alredy in for little over 60$ on ebay hell the ball joints itself sells at orielly from 55 $ seems it was way easier than having to drill and pound on it
@Mike_Can_Fix-it Жыл бұрын
When I was an A&P, when removing aluminum rivets..... I used 1 or 2 drill bit sizes smaller and I drlled full depth. Rarely did I have to use a punch to finish it off. And actually the opposite us true. You don't want to be stressing the material or inadvertently "hog out the hole" because of side pressure or a missed or off center strike. If you take care in drilling and pay attention it is the best method for fastener (rivet) removal
@mph5896 Жыл бұрын
Good thing its a truck then and not an aircraft.
@rafaelvasquez35668 ай бұрын
Excellent 👌😅😅
@Alejandra-cv7rj Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately we tried alot of the methods used here but those rivets don't come out for us all the drill bits we purchased didn't work at all . After working on it for two days we will just replace the control arms we tryed to take it to a mechanics and the guys just said they wouldn't work on it
@SuburbanRanch Жыл бұрын
@Alajandra Sounds like the rivets were really stuck for you!
@toywrench1 Жыл бұрын
Harbor Frieght Cobalt drill bits
@waxren922 Жыл бұрын
We have a case of it can't be tight if it's liquid
@Dagrizzb Жыл бұрын
Whats parts and part number are your lower ball joint replacements?
@SuburbanRanch Жыл бұрын
@Cruz Garza All the part numbers we used are in the description of our front end video. Link is here: 88-98 Chevy K1500 front end rebuild with Mevotech TTX ball joints and tie rods kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIKZimiMpLqEeNk
@sherryalsmarvdashti19302 жыл бұрын
Going change tire rods n balll jointd
@gapingtonbobuah92999 ай бұрын
All this just buy the damn control arms 😆
@SuburbanRanch9 ай бұрын
There are no replacements available!
@WeRanyone714 Жыл бұрын
So would you recommend we take the control arms off?
@SuburbanRanch Жыл бұрын
@WeRanyone714 You don’t need to, we were doing other suspension work at the same time.
@resolutionoutdoors92482 жыл бұрын
Lol I have a cordless dewalt grinder Im gonna just cut them off knock them out 5 minutes work
@cryptzogstickybumps37542 жыл бұрын
Has anyone used a 3/8 instead of a 7/16 bit? I am considering buying some bits, but the 7/16 size doesn't come in the smaller sets, but 3/8 is pretty common. Kinda don't want to spend money specifically to buy the 7/16 bit if I don't have to. The difference only seems to be about 0.0625"
@Chubbza52 жыл бұрын
No you don't have to drill all the way to the edges of the rivet. Drilling more just gives the shank of the rivet more room to compress when you're trying to hammer it out. Use what ya got, get close enough to the OD of the rivet and you'll be ok. Make sure to drill as centered as possible, use lots of lube as they're hard AF!
@ryanrega38992 жыл бұрын
You could always “ream” the whole with a smaller bit to make up for the smaller size.
@cryptzogstickybumps37542 жыл бұрын
@@Chubbza5 I ended up getting a 3/8 and it worked very well. What ended up being key for me was to get a good fast drill and to get about 3/4 of the way through before hitting it with the air hammer.
@thedavesofourlives1 Жыл бұрын
cool but music way too loud
@codyoliver3293 Жыл бұрын
This method has not worked for us. Still going at it.
@SuburbanRanch Жыл бұрын
@Cody Oliver You have to work the rivets pretty hard
@mehere30132 ай бұрын
cut off disc and air.chisel , 1 min
@omarsari4316 Жыл бұрын
Try grinder it much easier
@SuburbanRanch Жыл бұрын
@omar sari The heads come off pretty easy with the air hammer!
@fbksfrank42 жыл бұрын
Boy, I hope mine has been replaced.
@theautoaddict9625 Жыл бұрын
How to remove rivets in 46 minutes!!
@SuburbanRanch Жыл бұрын
Even 46 minutes wouldn’t be bad!
@brianszymanski29712 жыл бұрын
Longest 6 mins ever.
@charlesxavier24042 ай бұрын
Your video is 6m, this clearly took you like an hour.
@SuburbanRanch2 ай бұрын
Not much longer than 6 minutes!
@eightytwobucks623 Жыл бұрын
KZbin videos are deceiving
@heybabycometobutthead Жыл бұрын
Why are you hammering a punch when you have an air hammer?
@SuburbanRanch Жыл бұрын
The air hammer didn’t have enough power to drive the rivet out