In a message dated 2/24/2002 1:18:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, mark@bulgier.net writes:
> All the rear rivets go through and are peened on both
> sides. In the front, only half the rivets go through and are peened on the
> both sides; the other half are peened on the inside only and don't appear on
> the outside. I'm thinking those rivets may be decorative only - there to
> fill the holes in the hub body, but don't add any strength to the connection
> to the flange. This may be because the rear needs more rivets, due to the
> torque that only rear hubs get.
>
> > I believe the center shot you referred to is of the rear hub.
>
> No, all the center shots are of the front hub. On the rear hub, you don't
> see the rivet heads alternating like that - they all look the same.
>
Thanks for clearing that up. Yes, I see that I had mis-spoke about the direction of the rivets. Decorative rivets? Sounds very 90's-ish. I think they'd look great on a fixer.
Pete Geurds
Douglassville, PA