Re Rivet AK receiver?

[JWHuey]

Ok,here's the deal.
I have a IO STG that I bought used for next to nothing (spare me the IO is crap lecture please),I have put around 2,500 rounds through it without issue till now. Upon returning this weekend from a great camping,shooting,fishing trip with the family I got out the guns to clean. I noticed the cover on the STG was not fitting correctly and upon further inspection it appears the rivets in the rear trunion are loose and allowing the recoil spring to push it back enough for the dust cover to not seat. Upon inspecting the receiver further it looks like most of the rivets are poorly done. (Big surprise,it's an IO!lol)

What I want to know is if there is any way to replace all the rivets? The thing is that this rifle has been trouble free until now and is super fun to shoot,and really pretty accurate as well. I want to keep it,and keep shooting it.

So,without telling me what a dumb*** I am for buying it in the first place. Can anyone tell me how to fix this problem? I like the gun. How do I fix it?

Thank you.

[Yemff]

replacing the rear rivets would be easier than the front. For the rear you can just drill out the old ones and re do them. For the front you will have to press out the barrel pin and barrel, drill out the rivets, re rivet, then press the barrel and barrel pin back in. If you dont have the tools, contact jayruta he is local.

[JWHuey]

Thank you. Actually the rivets in the front look GTG,however however the trigger guard/mag release look suspect to me. I will contact jayruta. Thanks for the heads up.

replacing the rear rivets would be easier than the front. For the rear you can just drill out the old ones and re do them. For the front you will have to press out the barrel pin and barrel, drill out the rivets, re rivet, then press the barrel and barrel pin back in. If you dont have the tools, contact jayruta he is local.

[SVT-40]

Replacing the rivets may solve at least temporarily the loose rear trunnion issue...I will not however fix the root cause of the issue which may be a over gassed rifle which is causing battering to the rear trunnion and thus causing the rear rivets to fail.....

You might consider removing the FSB / gas block to see if the gas hole in the barrel is over sized......

[kcstott]

Not saying it can't happen but over gassing an AK is damn hard to do. It was designed to run over gassed as to allow it to function in any environment i.e. Siberia.

Fix the bad rivets and shoot it an see.

[Jayruta]

Op has contacted me. I can take a look at the trunnion and replace the rivets. If he really wants me to check the gas port I can do that too.