C-Notch Installation Nightmare!! - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

wildmanaaron · 07-02-2003, 11:27 PM

I know I should have just installed the C-notch before just to be safe, but I didn't. Now I have my notch powdercoated and my frame is also.

Little did I know that I would have to cut and scratch so much off of my frame! It is a mess back there! I still haven't gotten all of the rivets out after 2 nights of working on them! A chissel and a hammer just doesn't cut it, and neither does a grinder! I should have just torches the rivets out before I had the frame powdercoated!!!

So here's my suggestion to everyone who always asks wether or not to install a C-notch; Go ahead and put in on BEFORE you do any painting or installing any parts such as springs, shocks, anything!!

phantom dually · 07-03-2003, 05:14 PM

Use a drill bit that is about 3/16 of a inch and drill the center of the rivet. Then take a unibit a finish drilling the rivet out. By using the unibit it will cut a clean perfect circle. Once you get through the rivet you can take a screw driver and a hammer and knock the other side through the frame.

phantom dually · 07-03-2003, 05:15 PM

I drilled out 24 rivet this way and didnt scratch the powder!!

07-02-2003, 11:27 PM	#1
wildmanaaron Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Bowling Green, KY Posts: 396	C-Notch Installation Nightmare!! I know I should have just installed the C-notch before just to be safe, but I didn't. Now I have my notch powdercoated and my frame is also. Little did I know that I would have to cut and scratch so much off of my frame! It is a mess back there! I still haven't gotten all of the rivets out after 2 nights of working on them! A chissel and a hammer just doesn't cut it, and neither does a grinder! I should have just torches the rivets out before I had the frame powdercoated!!! So here's my suggestion to everyone who always asks wether or not to install a C-notch; Go ahead and put in on BEFORE you do any painting or installing any parts such as springs, shocks, anything!!

07-03-2003, 05:14 PM	#2
phantom dually Project92 SWB stepside Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 4,792	Use a drill bit that is about 3/16 of a inch and drill the center of the rivet. Then take a unibit a finish drilling the rivet out. By using the unibit it will cut a clean perfect circle. Once you get through the rivet you can take a screw driver and a hammer and knock the other side through the frame. __________________ 92 C1500 stepside 496 Stroker Competiton Engineering Ladder bars/QA1 coilovers. Dana 60 rear with 4.10 gear and posi. Bonspeed Palisade 20x12 in rear w/335/30/20 and 20x8.5 front w/245/40/20. 5/8 drop with Belltech springs/DJM spindles/drop shocks. WWS Progress thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=140448

07-03-2003, 05:15 PM	#3
phantom dually Project92 SWB stepside Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 4,792	I drilled out 24 rivet this way and didnt scratch the powder!! __________________ 92 C1500 stepside 496 Stroker Competiton Engineering Ladder bars/QA1 coilovers. Dana 60 rear with 4.10 gear and posi. Bonspeed Palisade 20x12 in rear w/335/30/20 and 20x8.5 front w/245/40/20. 5/8 drop with Belltech springs/DJM spindles/drop shocks. WWS Progress thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=140448



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