slngsht Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 I was asked by someone how the rear fenders were attached to the body... After a little looking and searching, I found this little nugget: Blind rivet nut. http://www.emhart.com/images/img_pop_popnut.gif Here is the manual tool (there are pnuematic ones too): >http://www.emhart.com/products/pop/powerlink.asp I look forward to using these. My car uses more than its share of self tappers, and I hate them with a passion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted July 22, 2006 Author Share Posted July 22, 2006 Grainger sells 'em. You can pick the size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 Thanks, Mazda, but who is Grainger? How do I find them? -Steve in Williamsburg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted July 22, 2006 Author Share Posted July 22, 2006 Grainger is an industrial supply store. >www.grainger.com. I don't know if there is one in Williamsburg, but they should be nearby. They only sell to businesses, so have a taxpayer ID handy with you when you go there. You can also just order it online from other places. Google "rivet nut" and you'll see tons of places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Yellow Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 If you have a Harbor Freight Tools or Northern Hydraulic in your area they have them aslo. Lots of tool stores have them as well as Sears probably having themOld Yellow38920.2468634259 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted July 22, 2006 Author Share Posted July 22, 2006 If you have a Harbor Freight Tools or Northern Hydraulic in your area they have them aslo. Lots of tool stores have them as well as Sears probably having them Do you know if there are adaptors for regular rivet tools to use for these, is the tool actually different? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderbrake Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 I have used these on my car. My rivet tool ( from Harbor Freight) has a threaded rod that replaces the collet which grips the typical pop rivet. You thread the rivnut onto the tool, push it in the hole, and then squeeze the tool to set the nut. BEWARE.... the harbor freight nuts are dead soft aluminm so the expand against the back side, and if you pull too hard, you strip out the threads. Of course harbor freight crap is not as good as the Emhart parts mentioned before, and the harbor freight nuts are not closed on the end like the Emhart picture. I did not use the rivnuts on my fenders, I used a rivet similar to the LSR Load Spreading Rivets to mount my rear fenders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 OK, what's a Load Spreading Rivet? I plead ignorance. And for those that did use "rivnuts", what size? Anyone know how thick the sheet aluminum is, as there are different "rivet-nut threaded inserts" depending on how thick the material is? Any help would be appreciated. -Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderbrake Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 OK, what's a Load Spreading Rivet? I plead ignorance. And for those that did use "rivnuts", what size? Anyone know how thick the sheet aluminum is, as there are different "rivet-nut threaded inserts" depending on how thick the material is? Any help would be appreciated. -Steve Steve: see >http://www.emhart.com/products/pop/lsh.asp Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnCh Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Rivet Nuts and Insert Nuts are both available at >Pegasus. -John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanG Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Steve in Williamsburg I just wanted to say hello from http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/images/emoticons/blush5.gifffice:smarttags" />Newport News. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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