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Mudguard rivets 850 1996

posted by  jjmcc on  Sat Mar 26 10:27 CST 2011
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This topic is covered in some posts in the archive from about 5 years ago, but I have further questions, so I'd like to revive it. Like others in the previous posts, I have a front mudguard that's come loose from all but one of the rivets. I've successfully drilled out the rivets and the holes don't look too damaged. The question now is how best to re-attach?

Several posters suggested using stainless steel screws with loctite or nylon lock nuts. Sounds good, but I can't for the life of me see how to get my hand behind the fender liner to hold the nuts. Any further details on how to do that?

Other posters suggested using sheet metal screws and those little clips that provide a "threaded" hole for the screw to grab. Also sounds good, but at least in my model year (1996 850) the holes in the fender are located too far from the edge of the metal for these clips to work. In fact the bottom hole is over an inch away from any edge.

Perhaps the easiest is to get the replacement rivets from Volvo, but I am a little worried that the holes have been enlarged and they won't hold anymore.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks,

jjmcc






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