primuspaul
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I bought a neiko air rivet gun. It tightens the rivets, but does not cut off the remaining shaft. Anyone know the cause? Im using the biggest rivets 3/16.
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Neiko air riveter not cutting off shaft
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Astro_Pneumatic_Tools
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Anyone know the cause?
Pulling pressure.
Ign
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Put a couple drops of air tool oil in the inlet. Beyond that, return it.
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primuspaul
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Pulling pressure.
You mean im getting less than 90 psi from the compressor?
he meant that the pulling pressure on the riveter is not enough to break the mandrel. It could be caused by wear, defect or indeed not enough pressure at the tool
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primuspaul
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I see. I'll try that. I read the reviews for this tool and almost all were positive, with a few negatives, but nothing about not breaking the mandrel. In fact, I NEVER found such a complaint about this class of tool based on my limited research. I suspect that's because the force required to deform the other side of the rivet is many times greater than the force needed to pull out the pin.
I also had a questionable air regulator set to 90. I'm going to remove it and just use the compressor max since I read on many boards that auto shops used their air tools with pressures far exceeding 90 and therefore suspect that going to 130 won't do any permanent damage (some shops claim they use as much as 200 psi for their air tools with no problems). That and the fact that there is probably air loss at the tool and inside the tool so 130 should fix this problem if it's fixable.
I also had a questionable air regulator set to 90. I'm going to remove it and just use the compressor max since I read on many boards that auto shops used their air tools with pressures far exceeding 90 and therefore suspect that going to 130 won't do any permanent damage (some shops claim they use as much as 200 psi for their air tools with no problems). That and the fact that there is probably air loss at the tool and inside the tool so 130 should fix this problem if it's fixable.
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Anyway, I decided to just return it since I have a personal policy of not trying to repair/deal with any new items I bought that I can return. I then went with the Astro PR14 because it literally was the only tool that had the range of rivet diameters I needed. Everything else either omitted the smallest rivets or the 1/4 (biggest). Now, I have a question. The riveter is advertised as having bits for 5 different sizes of rivets. One is installed and three are screwed into the base. Where is #5? Is one of the bits compatible with 2 sizes of rivets?