Rivet Gun on trailer lights?

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  1. Aug 13, 2019 #1
    JonJon78

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    Will a hand held manual type rivet gun work on these trailer lights or do I need to purchase one that's battery operated? Had another driver tell me the hand held type wont be strong enough? Home depot sells a nice battery operated one by Milwaukee but its $330... Not really looking to spend that if I dont need to...
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  3. Aug 13, 2019 #2
    Hulld

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    If you have good strength in your hands and you use aluminum rivets you should have no problem.
    Harbor freight sells a nice air operated rivet gun that works extremely well even with steel rivets.
    Cost 50 or 60 dollars I believe.
     
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    4mer trucker

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    If the Lights are accessible from the backside, consider using Stainless Screws n Double Nuts with some Loctite
     
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    JonJon78

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    Not accessible from the back.
     
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    Another question is what size Rivets do they typically use on lights? 1/4"???
     
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    They replace them with self tapping screws on our Vanguard trailers. I’d like to beat the engineer’s brains in that came up with the LED set up in their trailers.
     
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    Isn't the whole reason for rivets these days because they're more valuable? Don't want stolen lights.
     
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    I believe the rivet size is 3/16 “
     
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    The Sunglasses compliment the Tie nicely :D
     
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    JonJon78

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    I need something to use on the road though. Wont have a compressor...
     
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