Sod Rivet - Busting Loose...

[Joe Dirt]

This is definitely a first for me. The hollow half of the sod rivet has a wall thickness
that is .010 thinner at the split than the opposite side.

After this happened I checked the other rivet's in the bag... on average there
is only .004 difference in the wall thicknesses. No others were found "out of tolerance."

EDIT: The expansion pins on the other piece of the rivets were all within .001.

From now on, I will be checking the thickness of the rivets before using them.
This bag of sod rivets came from Jantz.

Has anyone else encountered this problem before?

..... Joe

[singin46]

Well that's gonna be a beauty when you get it finished Joe.

[Joe Dirt]

It came close to living in the backyard after this, Perry!
The final destination of this knife, in Tenn., is now projected to arrive in March 2013.

.... Joe

[singin46]

Oh the pain!! Dang Joe, that rivet could've ruined the whole knife.

[muskrat man]

never seen that happen before and i've used a pile of them

[orvet]

never seen that happen before and i've used a pile of them

Me too! I have never had that problem.

Guess your are just lucky.

[Joe Dirt]

I truly believe it's the knives fault.
It's a law abiding knife... but has only followed one law!

MURPHY'S LAW!

Thanks for the assurance that it will ONLY happen to ME!

..... Joe

[orvet]

I truly believe it's the knives fault.
It's a law abiding knife... but has only followed one law!

MURPHY'S LAW!

Thanks for the assurance that it will ONLY happen to ME!

..... Joe

[tjmurphy]

Hey!! What have I got to do with that????