M8 Rubber Pipe Rest Keeps Falling of. What gives?

[TheBreeze]

The rubber bumper that hold the pipe up on the clutch side keeps coming off. The rivets keep failing, and off it comes. I have been using aluminum 3/16th pop rivets to reinstall it, but it seems to fall of in about 1 ride, and ends up down by the clutches each time. Not good. What is the deal? Do I need some special rivets? What would be a more reliable way to remount this piece so it will stop falling off.

 

[Frostbite]

Weird.

How about using 3/16" countersunk headed bolts with nuts on the bottom?

 

[RickM]

Rivet

Have you thought about using a Steel/Steel rivet. You must be getting some vibration that just eats the aluminum rivet up. steel steel is a steel rivet and steel nail.you can use an air rivet gun,and its lots tighter than by hand. RickM

 

[TheBreeze]

steel rivets

Can you put steel rivets in that piece? A friend of mine said you cant put steel rivets into an aluminum piece as it will corrode the metal?

 

[ACMtnCat]

You definitely want steel rivets there. The factory rivets are steel.

 

[TheBreeze]

Great info!

Thanks! Ill get some steel rivets and go at it. Will I need a air gun to make it work?

 

[ACMtnCat]

Thanks! Ill get some steel rivets and go at it. Will I need a air gun to make it work?

You wont NEED one but it makes it allot easier! Those steel rivets are hard to do with the manual rivet pliers.