Airstream AD68ABSLF Pop Rivet – 330034-100

Description

Airstream AD68ABSLF Pop Rivet – 330034-100 is used in various applications such as the Airstream LP Tank Cover Upper Mounting Bracket 454645.The solid rivets installed with a pneumatic gun at the factory to assemble the Airstream shell. Installation of buck rivets requires two-sided access.

Different than a buck rivet, a POP (or blind) rivet requires the use of a special POP Rivet Handgun to install. Each blind rivet has three parts a shell that’s inserted into the hole, the rounded-flat head, and the mandrel (a long stem that’s pulled by the POP rivet gun in order to collapse the rivet).

AIRSTREAM RIVET CODE

All Airstream rivet codes begin withADto signify they are Aluminum (A) and Dimple (D).

The two numerical digits68identify theshell diameter(6 = 6/32″) and thegrip range(8 = 8/32″)

Finally, the last three lettersABSidentify the material used in the shell (the cylindrical part of the rivet that’s inserted into the hole) and the stem (the mandrel that is pulled out to collapse the rivet). TheBin this code tells us it’s a blind rivet, and theAtells us the shell is aluminum, and theStells us the mandrel is made of steel.