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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: Elmo on April 26, 2006, 17:46:48

Title: Rivnuts :(
Post by: Elmo on April 26, 2006, 17:46:48

Got as far as drilling the holes for me rear light guards, now have six rivnuts to put in.

I assume there's some sort of gun or something which is supposed to fit these, anybody know where I can get one? Folks round here look at me blank when I say "rivnut"  :?

Title: Rivnuts :(
Post by: wizard on April 26, 2006, 18:20:45

You can get a gun but they aint cheap.
You can also use a spare nut and bolyt bto compress the little [!Expletive Deleted!] before you use them.
I have a rivinut gun if you want to use it, just pay postage both ways.
regards
wizard :twisted:

Title: Rivnuts :(
Post by: Sheddy on April 26, 2006, 20:05:14

You need a longish bolt, a nut and a washer of the correct size to bodge this scucessfully.

Put the nut on the bolt, then the washer and then the rivnut.  Put the rivnut into your now drilled hole.  Hold the top of the bolt with a spanner, pushing the rivnut into the hole.  with another spanner tighten the nut down onto the washer/rivnut.  As you tighten the nut down onto it, the rivnut will compress into the back of the hole.

Much cheaper than the tool I leant to a "friend" that never got returned!

Title: Rivnuts :(
Post by: Elmo on April 26, 2006, 20:12:55

Quote from: "Sheddy"

Put the nut on the bolt, then the washer and then the rivnut.  Put the rivnut into your now drilled hole.  Hold the top of the bolt with a spanner, pushing the rivnut into the hole.  with another spanner tighten the nut down onto the washer/rivnut.  As you tighten the nut down onto it, the rivnut will compress into the back of the hole.

Thanks! I'll give that one a go methinks - thanks for the loan of the gun anyway wizard :)

Title: Rivnuts :(
Post by: Elmo on April 27, 2006, 01:24:36

And lo and behold in comes a customer tonight with gun and required size adaptor "in the van" :D Most happy