False. It's the shrinkage of rivets that hold the partd together

Posted by Chris Case [63.199.245.86] on Tuesday, February 01, 2011 at 19:48:29 :

In Reply to: Re: pulling rivets posted by Daryl in Oz [210.50.228.6] on Tuesday, February 01, 2011 at 18:02:57 :

As the rivets cool, they shrink in length, squeezing the two layers together, causing friction. There is more friction between the parts than there is shear strength of bolts and rivets. The shear strength is only 3/4 of the tensile.

But the rule of thumb is to drill to the next larger bolt.

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