What do you guys do?
I've been using 3/16" steel rivets which seem to be failing more frequently. I have come to religiously check them and replace them if they don't look snug. But now I can't seem to keep up and they failed on me last time out resulting in the right side #2 shear plate failing and me sailing off into the weeds. Got it home and see that both left side rivets were failed and gone as well. Holy crap, this is getting tiresome. Do I have to drill out and replace every race?
Mo discussed the trade off of using bolts instead of rivets a few years ago.
http://formulamazdaforum.yuku.com/re...vets#reply-446
So, when you hit something, what's the damage done with a bolt instead of a rivet? the holes get boogered up?
What do you guys do? bolt, screw or rivet and what size/grade? And how did you decide?