Looking for a name of an item

[rasorbackq]

Have a locking device on my truck cap . All the wafers and releases, locks and springs are all sandwiched together by 3 will call them rivets . They are maybe 1/2" long round hollow and both ends are flared to hold the assembly together The holes in these things are 5/16 and are used to insert the bolts through them to attach to the cap.
There must be a name for these things . Was thinking I might be able to make some from a copper tube if I had the right diameter.
Help me out if you understand what I have described.

 

[IvanS]

Picture would replace a thousand words....

 

[rasorbackq]

That would be too easy!

 

[rasorbackq]

What the problem is the latch is seized to the will call it a rivet again as the latch turns it turns the rivet.
The spring is not strong enough to flick open the latch due to too much friction.

 

[PHPaul]

I went to McMaster-Carr (if they don't have it...you don't need it!) and tried every combination of hollow, tubular, rivet, grommet and eyelet I could think of and couldn't find them.

If we could come up with the right name, I'd bet money McMaster has them.

 

[prs]

POP RIVET, available in stainless steel and aluminum, and coated steel. Lowes, Home Depot, etc. Kits with the setting tool are common.

prs

 

[4get gto]

I think you'd better off buying a new latch rather than trying to repair with those "pop rivet,eyelet," thingy's. If you could find them you'd need some way of crimping them.

 

[4get gto]

Thinking of what I just posted I googled "crimpable eyelets" and came across something similar. Almost like a tarp grommet.

 

[aczlan]

I would use a sleeve and a bolt, or a sleeve, spread the ends with a pointed punch and then smash them flat on an anvil.

Aaron Z

 

[4get gto]

Good idea!