Fender Removal Ford 8N

kc94507 · Apr 24, 2016

I have four bolts (or studs ?) in the fender of my 8N that have no nut on the outside of the fender. I have removed all of the other bolts with nuts and now I want to remove my fender but these studs seem to keep the fender attached. How do the come off? Welded? Pin?

R Geiger · Apr 24, 2016

I believe you will find they are rivets.

Royse · Apr 24, 2016

Sounds like you are trying to remove the fender skin from the frame.
If that is right then R Geiger is right on track. Rivets.
Center punch them and drill them out.
That usually works. I've had to torch some of them out. :evil:

K-n-L Country Farms · Apr 25, 2016

(quoted from post at 19:34:53 04/24/16) I have four bolts (or studs ?) in the fender of my 8N that have no nut on the outside of the fender. I have removed all of the other bolts with nuts and now I want to remove my fender but these studs seem to keep the fender attached. How do the come off? Welded? Pin?

These are rivets. We had to remove ours when restoring our 9n. Most of them came out with no problem by drilling out the centers and then driving them out with a hammer and punch. However we did have a couple that this didn't work as a couple rivets just started spinning along with the drill which shouldn't happen if the rivets were pressed tight enough. If the rivet begins to spin after drilling into the center, you just gotta carefully grind off the head and then use a hammer and punch to drive it out. Be careful by placing the rivet head over something such as a 1/4" thick piece of steel plate with a hole in it... if the area around the rivet isn't supported with something under it, you can sometimes end up denting the fender around the rivet while driving it out with a hammer and punch.

FarmerHR · Apr 27, 2016

I removed the fender skin from the frame on our 8N. I ground the upset part of the rivet off with a right
angle grinder. Then center punched them and drilled a hole in the rivet just a little smaller than the rivet
diameter and like suggested used a punch to drive the rivet out. On the rivets that were not tight, was able
to grind the rivet down to the fender brace and then drive them out with a punch without drilling the hole.
Hope this helps. If you have a question about this procedure just put in a reply and will keep an eye out and
try to answer for you. Thanks.

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