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The fibre washer could be the problem allowing flex and slight movement.
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Is there any reason not to use a nut & bolt instead? Have many mechanical reasons, one of them is the diameter they can use and the screw head size, i can see many others but this one is surely the main. Such mechanical fixture always be a problem in the past, the technologies have evolve but MMC don't and for cost reasons they keep using on shelf solution. Improve it always at the expense of the owner, and we can't rely on so many supplier for develop and invest on such things because of the nature of the community. Just days ago reading a post in facebook a guy said: sorry i am a Yorkshire men so i will save 20£ and look elsewhere for a cheaper solution, reading this it's easy to understand why we don't have supplier invest on our cars, they almost all do: made to order on simple things with only request raw material, even the badge have to be sold or pre-order before manufacture it. I can list here several interesting project in Morgan field i have see never see the light because they see the market will not be there, let said for example the double wishbone for replace the King Pin
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Chris the front ones would probably benefit from blind screw fasteners but they are expensive build options however the rear ones are blind rivets into wood.
Solid rivets would be outstanding but getting a dolly on the back would be interesting.
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 q There are 18 rivets and 8 screws that fixes the bodywork.
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I had thought I might tap the hole in the frame and use a button head allen with a rubber washer underneath. It is still a thought.
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So when the rivets fail and/or are drilled out to be replaced, how do you get the upset end of the rivet out of the frame tube? By which I mean the inner end of the old rivet will fall into the frame tube to rattle around, unless it's removed. Is there a way to do this?
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So when the rivets fail and/or are drilled out to be replaced, how do you get the upset end of the rivet out of the frame tube? By which I mean the inner end of the old rivet will fall into the frame tube to rattle around, unless it's removed. Is there a way to do this? Mine will be 'rattling around' in the frame tube somewhere but I've never been aware of them over the general cachophany! By the way, great diagram GLLOQ! 
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So when the rivets fail and/or are drilled out to be replaced, how do you get the upset end of the rivet out of the frame tube? By which I mean the inner end of the old rivet will fall into the frame tube to rattle around, unless it's removed. Is there a way to do this? How about squirting a bit of thick oil in, that should dampen any movement?
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