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Screws vs Rivets

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SamP

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I overdrilled a rivet hole and tech support suggested I use a screw instead of a larger sized rivet. I'm trying to understand why that would be the case. Wouldn't you want to replace the rivet with a larger rivet? While the screw would support higher shear loads, the screw would only be loaded when there was displacement because of the clearance in the hole. It seems to make more sense to replace with a larger rivet, or am I missing something?
 
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