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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: drum on April 03, 2005, 21:42:36

Title: What do you call it????
Post by: drum on April 03, 2005, 21:42:36: Okay I know I know the asnwer but I can't for the life of me remember what they're called. You know the things, they clip onto the edge of a sheet, have a hole one side and a threaded hold the other, so that you can screw\bolt something to the sheet, without access to the back.
Title: What do you call it????
Post by: muky-kid. on April 03, 2005, 21:46:30: :lol: :? Havent a clue mate, but hopefully ill see you at Whitworth next sunday....... :wink:

:shock: Have you fitted your snorkle yet.. :D
Title: What do you call it????
Post by: drum on April 03, 2005, 21:51:37: But do you know the little bits I mean???

The daft thing is I know exactly what I mean, and I'm sure I know what they're called, but I'm damn if I can remember the name!!!

It's Driving me Crazy.

Should be at whitworth, I'll bring one so you can all laugh and say oh that a .........
Title: What do you call it????
Post by: DPG on April 03, 2005, 21:51:44: Rivnut :?: speedy clip :?: capturd nut :oops:
Title: What do you call it????
Post by: muky-kid. on April 03, 2005, 21:54:35: :? Still not sure what you mean. Have you got a picture of said item that way i might know what it is called. If not someone on here will help you out whilst youve still got hair on your head, and finger nails to chew... :lol:
Title: What do you call it????
Post by: muky-kid. on April 03, 2005, 21:56:03: Quote from: "DPG"
Rivnut :?: speedy clip :?: capturd nut :oops:

:? capturd nut. :?: whats one of them.... :lol: :lol:
Title: What do you call it????
Post by: muddyweb on April 03, 2005, 21:57:08: I know what you mean... but I can't remember what it is called either !!

The captive nuts which hold the doors on a 90 (in the A-pillar) are very similar.
Title: What do you call it????
Post by: Bobtail on April 03, 2005, 21:57:08: don't know how its spelt but

zeus fastner [-o<
Title: What do you call it????
Post by: tenpolequint on April 03, 2005, 21:58:19: Brown and tortoise head like
Title: What do you call it????
Post by: muddyweb on April 03, 2005, 22:02:20: Quote from: "BOBTAIL"
zeus fastner [-o<

Hmm.. now, I thought that was one of the 'half-twist' fasteners where you fix a 'receiver' to the panel (with a bit of wire across the middle) and you then have a fixing which clips to it. (This would be easier with pictures :-))
Title: What do you call it????
Post by: drum on April 03, 2005, 22:15:41: I'm with Tim, I think Zues is one of thos half turn jobs.

I've tried taking a few things apart to try and find one, and can't. So I've tried searching the web for a photo, but it would be easier if I knew what it was called :lol:
Title: What do you call it????
Post by: drum on April 03, 2005, 22:20:37: One Of These, but this is a simple one, some have a proper threaded section on the back (top in this picture)
Title: What do you call it????
Post by: turtle on April 03, 2005, 22:25:02: how about screwfix?

www.screwfix.com

they might do them whatever there called :?
Title: What do you call it????
Post by: xmob on April 03, 2005, 22:28:23: I thought that the nuts used on the A post were caged nuts, and the name of the ones in question were captive nuts. And theres Panex ones that are quarter turn. Take a look at the Fasteners/Fixings section of http://rswww.com
Title: What do you call it????
Post by: drum on April 03, 2005, 22:28:48: Quote from: "turtle"

www.screwfix.com

That's what started all this, I wanted to order some, but I couldn't find them and didn't know what they were called.
Title: What do you call it????
Post by: turtle on April 03, 2005, 22:30:03: right bad suggestion then :?
Title: What do you call it????
Post by: Garth on April 03, 2005, 22:30:37: I recently whent to a fasteners company that supply the company I work for and asked for similar Items
And he said "auto motive clips"
BUT then he said "there are about 500 differnent types and sizes"
as there were so many different types he only bought in to order by the box full

Sorry not to be more help
Title: What do you call it????
Post by: datalas on April 03, 2005, 22:32:16: Last time I ordered some I asked for "those stupid little bent metal nut thingies that are used to hold the doors on"

then again, I've never been that good with descriptions
Title: What do you call it????
Post by: drum on April 03, 2005, 22:32:30: Quote from: "xmob"
I thought that the nuts used on the A post were caged nuts, and the name of the ones in question were captive nuts. And theres Panex ones that are quarter turn. Take a look at the Fasteners/Fixings section of http://rswww.com

Tried flicking through the RS catalogue can't find them.

I thought Captive Nuts, were "welded" place, Caged Nuts clip onto a square hole (instead of onto the sheet), and Panex is another name for Zeus.
Title: What do you call it????
Post by: Garth on April 03, 2005, 22:36:55: Captive refers to the fact that "you can not access once assembled" so caged nuts are captive as well as projection nuts (welded on) and pressed nuts (pressed in a bit like rivits).
Title: What do you call it????
Post by: drum on April 03, 2005, 22:41:52: Quote from: "Garth"
Captive refers to the fact that "you can not access once assembled" so caged nuts are captive as well as projection nuts (welded on) and pressed nuts (pressed in a bit like rivits).

So are the ones in the pic, a sort of Captive Nut then?
Title: What do you call it????
Post by: drum on April 03, 2005, 22:45:24: According to Components Direct http://shop.comdir.co.uk/Products.aspx?intGroupID=918

The clip ones are U-Nuts and the threaded ones are LugNuts.

Neither of which are found on either RS or Screwfix!!! :evil:
Title: What do you call it????
Post by: Garth on April 03, 2005, 22:45:33: I suppose so

I will ring the supplier tommorrow and get the correct name for the item in the piccy.

Dave
Title: What do you call it????
Post by: nzrover on April 03, 2005, 22:54:01: And according to my supplier who I've just phoned they're called 'Speednuts'
Title: What do you call it????
Post by: drum on April 03, 2005, 23:15:21: Quote from: "nzrover"
And according to my supplier who I've just phoned they're called 'Speednuts'

Nothing from the UK suppliers under that name, I reckon these things haven't got name and we all call them something different.
Title: What do you call it????
Post by: xmob on April 03, 2005, 23:15:21: I like Daz's name best. :D
Title: What do you call it????
Post by: drum on April 03, 2005, 23:28:08: And my final comment for the night on these.

Item No. 13429 at Screwfix!!!!!

Finally I can go to bed now :D
Title: What do you call it????
Post by: macca on April 04, 2005, 05:12:51: don't no what there called but if you can't bolt it weld it thats what i would do :D :D