Peterbuilt Truck After-Market Grill Accessory Mock Up Part 2 of 3
Thursday, November 18th, 2010
This is the “before Pic “of a troublesome rivet application(a look at the blind side):
Before rivet solution: 3/16 stainless steel open end, non-structural blind rivets.
Problems:
1. Rivets are too loose, causing the louvers to flex and allow the grill to callapse
side-ways and come out of alignment. This creates the illusion to the customer that the grill does not fit
When they try to mount new grill.
2. Vibration causes rivets to pop out after a year or so of use(its a non-structural rivet).
3. Rivets dramatically loosen over time, starting after installation.

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