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rivet nuts?
Jamesfear - 3/6/04 at 02:59 PM

What’s the best way of getting around having to use rivet nuts?
What has everyone else done about this?
Or did you just go out and buy a rivet nut tool

Thanks
James

Mk-Ninja - 3/6/04 at 03:09 PM

MK do a home made tool which comes with an assortment of rivnuts for less than £30. or see if you can borrow one from a builder local to you. (Where are you)

Jamesfear - 3/6/04 at 03:16 PM

I live in spalding near peterborough. Anyone have one near me?

zetec - 3/6/04 at 04:35 PM

I would suggest buying MK one as it works well and very useful. Once you start building you will end up using all the time.

Jamesfear - 3/6/04 at 05:30 PM

I have work around the parts that need them, but have now got to a point where i have to get them done.

Browser - 3/6/04 at 07:20 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Jamesfear
I live in spalding near peterborough. Anyone have one near me?


You have a U2U sir!

greggors84 - 3/6/04 at 07:38 PM

Where are most people using them? I have only used a couple so far...

Rorty - 5/6/04 at 02:41 AM

I used a pair of the plier-like Rivnut setters for most of the setting jobs about the place.
When I was making alloy wheels with bead locks though, I found hand pressure on the pliers wasn't sufficient to pull down the serrated Rivnuts required to secure the outer bead lock rings to the rims. So, I made a really simple hand held device which increased the pressure to set the Rivnuts really tightly. It required a lot less grunt on my part to set them properly.

JB - 7/6/04 at 12:05 PM

You can pull Rivnuts with a bolt, washer and nut.

Put the nut onto the the bolt (ideally a cap head set screw, then the washer and then screw on the rivnut.

Put the rivnut into the hole and hold the bolt with an hex key or spanner. Now wind down the nut. This will compress the rivnut.

It helps if the rivnut is a tight fit in the hole to stop it spinning and lube on the washer helps.

I used this method on many locations where I could not get my pliers in and on round tube where I kept snapping mandrels when using the pliers.

The bolt and nut did not last long though.

JB

David Jenkins - 7/6/04 at 12:17 PM

Look on my website - Locost - Special Tools section. There's a simple rivnut setting tool there.

You don't have to use a lathe - get a suitably sized thrust washer from your nearest bearing supplier (they're cheap) and use a lot of big washers. It's amazing how much difference the bearing makes.

David

Browser - 8/6/04 at 09:10 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Browser
quote:
Originally posted by Jamesfear
I live in spalding near peterborough. Anyone have one near me?


You have a U2U sir!


James, I've sent you another U2U, d'you still want a lend of the setting tool?

Jamesfear - 8/6/04 at 10:32 AM

you too have a u2u