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a￿high-strength￿steel￿fastener￿with
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a￿tin￿/￿zinc￿coating.
installed￿by￿the￿vehicle￿maker
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and￿can￿also￿be￿installed￿using
special￿equipment￿during￿vehicle
repairs￿to￿duplicate￿the￿original
attachment￿process.
used￿in￿areas￿that￿are￿typically
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spot￿welded￿on￿comparable￿steel
vehicles.
Depending￿on￿the￿vehicle￿maker's￿build
design￿or￿repair￿recommendations,￿SPRs
may￿be￿located￿virtually￿anywhere￿on￿a
vehicle￿structure.￿An￿SPR￿may￿be￿used
in￿both￿exterior￿/￿cosmetic￿and￿structural
locations.
Some￿riveting￿tools￿have￿special￿dies￿for￿removing￿an
SPR.
SPRs￿may￿be￿removed￿by:
pressing.￿If￿the￿SPR￿allows￿access
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to￿both￿sides￿of￿the￿part,￿pressing
is￿the￿cleanest￿method.￿When
pressing￿an￿SPR out,￿no￿steel￿dust
or￿shavings￿are￿spread￿around￿the
repair￿area.
welded-on￿studs.￿If￿the￿proper
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attachments￿and￿pneumatic
2015￿Ford￿F-150￿Structural￿Repair￿Training￿Course￿(FOR06)
Module￿3￿-￿Aluminum￿Joining￿Methods
riveting￿gun￿are￿unavailable,
stainless￿steel￿weld-on￿studs￿can
be￿welded￿to￿the￿head￿of￿the￿SPR.
Then￿the￿SPR￿can￿be￿pulled￿out.
When￿removing￿an￿SPR￿using￿this
method,￿make￿sure￿to￿maintain
steady￿pressure￿and￿hold￿the
stud￿at￿a￿right￿angle￿to￿the￿SPR
head. This￿prevents￿the￿weld-on
stud￿from￿breaking￿off.
drilling.￿Having￿access￿to￿both
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sides￿also￿allows￿for￿drilling￿from
the￿backside.￿When￿drilling￿from
the￿backside￿of￿the￿rivet,￿the
fingers￿of￿the￿SPR￿help￿keep￿the
drill￿bit￿centered.￿This￿is￿an￿easier
method￿than￿drilling￿from￿the￿front
side.
grinding.￿Grinding￿on￿an￿SPR￿can
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be￿effective￿with￿removing￿the
rivet,￿but￿steel￿debris￿can￿cause
galvanic￿corrosion￿if￿not￿removed.
When￿installing￿an￿SPR:
access￿to￿both￿sides￿of￿the￿panel￿is
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necessary.
install￿near￿the￿original￿location.
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it￿must￿be￿installed￿in￿a￿clean￿area
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of￿the￿flange￿that￿does￿not￿have￿a
hole.
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