Where do you find them?..... besides online.
Rivet nut tool
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My bro got a Harbor Freight special for a project of his. It worked okay, but about a quarter of the time it wouldn't break the rivet off properly and you'd have to manually snap it. Pain in the butt. It might have been the rivets he was using rather than the tool.
re_guderian
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I got mine at a local Auto Paint/Body supplly shop.
I went this route with some modification: Homemade Riv-nut Tool, but I only needed to install a few nuts. Bought the nuts from McMaster Carr.
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Got mine from McMaster.
100% cool tool.
Last weeks rivet nuttiness-
100% cool tool.
Last weeks rivet nuttiness-
X3 on the one from McMaster Carr. 
I have a Marson nutsert tool, you can find them on-line and at Fastenal. I bought it for a project, figuring I would likely never get my money's worth. I've since used it many times, it's been really handy.
Take a look at Pilot Supplies, Avionics, and Homebuilt Aircraft Parts from Aircraft Spruce and Specialty Co. under tools/rivnut tools.
I have one of the hand/wrench powered ones in M6 size and it works fine
for doing one here and there. Bigger sizes might be harder to use due to
high wrench force - have not tried.
One thing to keep in mind - your typical rivnut is not rated nearly as strong as
a grade 8 bolt (for instance) that would go in it. It seems they might spin
under torque, or maybe just deform and pull out. I did once find reference to
a type that was rated that strong, but you had to buy 10,000 at a time.
Take a look at the Penn Engineering (If I recall), makers of PEM Nuts.
They had lots of different types and materials and specifications to give you an
idea of performance to expect.
I have one of the hand/wrench powered ones in M6 size and it works fine
for doing one here and there. Bigger sizes might be harder to use due to
high wrench force - have not tried.
One thing to keep in mind - your typical rivnut is not rated nearly as strong as
a grade 8 bolt (for instance) that would go in it. It seems they might spin
under torque, or maybe just deform and pull out. I did once find reference to
a type that was rated that strong, but you had to buy 10,000 at a time.
Take a look at the Penn Engineering (If I recall), makers of PEM Nuts.
They had lots of different types and materials and specifications to give you an
idea of performance to expect.
Our local commercial nut/bolt/fastener store sells rivnuts and the tools...that's where I get mine.
rivnuts are just plain cool ;0
I did some aluminum ones installing on goldenhawk.ca but latter one, the guys said oops, you should have installed the zues springs
I want to know if there are steel rivnuts? Would that be the best thing to install in the frame of my 60? It would look really good.
I did some aluminum ones installing on goldenhawk.ca but latter one, the guys said oops, you should have installed the zues springs
I want to know if there are steel rivnuts? Would that be the best thing to install in the frame of my 60? It would look really good.
The nuts I have are plated steel.
plated steel? and the tool?
Where did you buy the tool from? I think that would be a nice addition to my tool box.
okay mcmaster. I will take a look and see. Personally, If I wanted to secrure something to the frame or floorboard, this is the way to go.
Where did you buy the tool from? I think that would be a nice addition to my tool box.
okay mcmaster. I will take a look and see. Personally, If I wanted to secrure something to the frame or floorboard, this is the way to go.
Blue77FJ40
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Some other options are in this thread, my addition is on post #14
https://forum.ih8mud.com/tools-fabrication/333896-my-new-rivet-nut-tool.html
https://forum.ih8mud.com/tools-fabrication/333896-my-new-rivet-nut-tool.html
rivnuts are good to use for some apps, but I would not use them for anything where serious stresses are found and/or critical holding power is needed. these are relatively flimsy affairs usually and if easy to deform to put them in, can't be that hard to deform them to pull them out. Of course one could put a ton of them in to help, which may be great fun for some of us gearheads...
Okay, I want to put something that is like a rivnut into steel that will hold some thing heavy like a tool box and will take a incredible sheer load for example if I am in a frontal truck accident, I want them to contain and hold the box in place. Box will be removable.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
put it on the passenger side...?
nah, j/k, doesn't sound good either way, unfortunately... I would think seriously about reinforcing the floor with plates with real bolts and nuts etc if you're concerned (or careful).
