Marker light hole repair on aluminum, How?
When resealing the marker lights, I re-secured the lights in the same holes. Problem is, The screws just spin in the old holes. Tried to re-drill new ones. Didn't work. So, How can I secure them to th...
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We used to repair mounting holes two ways on our aluminum skinned doghouses (equipment shacks).
1) For lighter weight items like your marker lights, get some aluminum pop rivets that have aluminum studs smaller diameter than your mounting screws. Secure the pop rivet in the hole. After it is tight, try to knock out the stud head by tapping with a small punch thru the hole in the rivet. If it is too tight, you usually can drill thru the head quite easily with a small drill if you have used aluminum studded rivets. Carefully screw in new sheet metal screws. We often sprayed the screws with a little WD40 before screwing into the rivet.
2) For heavier items, antenna mounts, etc. We would use PlusNuts.
1) For lighter weight items like your marker lights, get some aluminum pop rivets that have aluminum studs smaller diameter than your mounting screws. Secure the pop rivet in the hole. After it is tight, try to knock out the stud head by tapping with a small punch thru the hole in the rivet. If it is too tight, you usually can drill thru the head quite easily with a small drill if you have used aluminum studded rivets. Carefully screw in new sheet metal screws. We often sprayed the screws with a little WD40 before screwing into the rivet.
2) For heavier items, antenna mounts, etc. We would use PlusNuts.
