[Marco Tahtaras]

Originally Posted by California Charlie

I do have another question. It appears the process goes better with the heated rivets. I know some are also supposed to be installed cold. Would there be an issue with installing them all hot?? Just curious. CC

Ok, I'm confused. I think there may be a terminology issue going on here. The first pic is the frame:



The frame is riveted primarily 1/4" rivets with a few 5/16" rivets for the running board brackets. These are done hot and have holes a bit over sized that must be filled by the rivet.

By contrast, body assemblies as shown below use 3/16" rivets which are done cold. The holes ARE NOT any larger than needed to slip the rivet in. The waffle setting tool is used in every case I can think of including the floor assembly.