medium_jay

Hey guys. I am putting new door latches on my 1990 Mustang, but I am having trouble getting the original rivets out of the old handles so I can replace them. Any suggestions as to remove these rivets would be aweome. I've been trying with a small punch and soon a drill. Any other suggestions? Thanks

mjr46

I'm doing mine tonight on my 89 gt vert, what you do is grind the head of the rivit off or drill it off then use a punch to tap it through, I'm using a dremel tonight on mine as my vert is at my house and not my shop so I have no compressor for my die grinder at home or I'd use that

SonicBlueFiveSlow

I just drilled out the rivets and punched them out with a punch. Did your new handles come with rivets? I installed my new ones with nuts and bolts because I didn't have a heavy duty rivet gun.

medium_jay

Hey. Yeah I just plan on using new nuts and bolts with lock washers and see how that goes. Thanks for the responses guys I really appriciate it. MJR46 let me know how yours go tonight and if you find something that works well make sure you let me know. Thanks again guys.

mjr46

I'll let you know in an hour or so, just got home and after I eat I'll be doing it........the difference with me is I have the heavy duty rivit gun

mjr46

done!!! 35-40 min job but then again I already had door panels off.......tape up around handle real well so if any tool slips it won't knick the paint, i USED A DREMEL TO GRIND out the rivits, that's what took the longest as I didn't have a course grinding bit