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I love the production jig.
No I have never tried the welding rod with rivits. We did relax the rivits with a torch. Cut the heads then use a really large hammer or air hamer. But this was on a 1952 chevy.
That is the logic I put to the mechanic when he told me about this method to remove bolts. Now a rivit is by nature expanded not really rusted in to place but seeing how easily the bolt came out after he did this I was sold. Matter of fact it was just a set of vice grips on the end of the...
have you tried drilling the shank of the rivet?
I have never done this but I have had people tell me to stick a welding rod on broken bolts to heat and loosen them. Take a 6010 and turn the amperage way down and just pump the juice to it for 3-5 seconds. I was told to just unclamp from the...