Window regulator - before installation
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Window regulator - before installation
Before getting the door apart - can someone please tell me what size (diameter and length) the rivets are? I think 3/16 is the diameter, but can't find the length spec anywhere.
Thanks for the help - doing the job Saturday.
Brian - Yakima, WA
2000 E320
Thanks for the help - doing the job Saturday.
Brian - Yakima, WA
2000 E320
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2000 E320 Nice & Stock
Originally Posted by bingoldsby
Before getting the door apart - can someone please tell me what size (diameter and length) the rivets are? I think 3/16 is the diameter, but can't find the length spec anywhere.
Thanks for the help - doing the job Saturday.
Brian - Yakima, WA
2000 E320
Thanks for the help - doing the job Saturday.
Brian - Yakima, WA
2000 E320
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2012 C250
If you buy the mercedes window regulator, it will come with all the rivets you'll need. It requires quite a bit of force though (since they're steel). I ended up using a c-clamp on the riveter to be able to get enough force for the core of the rivet to cut off.
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Originally Posted by purplegrog
If you buy the mercedes window regulator, it will come with all the rivets you'll need. It requires quite a bit of force though (since they're steel). I ended up using a c-clamp on the riveter to be able to get enough force for the core of the rivet to cut off.
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Aluminum Revits
With my small rivet gun I can not apply enough force to install MB stainless steel rivets.
I went to Home Depot and got same size Aluminum revits [Qty 50 for $4.00].
It was so easy to install aluminum revits. Alumninu revits are as strong as MB SS revits. Windows stay find and no noise or any other problem.
Don't waist you $$ and time, go and get aluminum revit.
I went to Home Depot and got same size Aluminum revits [Qty 50 for $4.00].
It was so easy to install aluminum revits. Alumninu revits are as strong as MB SS revits. Windows stay find and no noise or any other problem.
Don't waist you $$ and time, go and get aluminum revit.
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i bought mines on ebay for 40.00 bucks shipped and spent another 30.00 on a rivet gun and rivets from home depot = 70.00 bucks a cup of coffee and 2 hours easy as hell i have pictures on how to do it . 
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Everyone talks about how easy this repair is, and for the most part it is, but FYI for those who don't know: when I drilled out the rivets, I had a hell of a time doing it. other than that the job was easy as pie.
