Rivnut Fitting Kit

[homesteady]

Hi Members

Her indoors says I can have a Rivnut fitting Kit for my imminent birthday.

Have you any suggestions what would be a good buy. Sealey have a kit for about £75 through Toolsn'stuff  but I don't know how good it is. Any of you bought one recently?

[stu999]

The one I bought came from Car Builder Solutions. It comes in a blue box, with a selection of steel rivnuts. Three years down the line, and numerous people borrowing it, and no probs

[Symbiotic_Caterpillar]

I bought one of ameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank">these.  I've used it on 6mm steel nivnuts and it worked fine. If you need 8mm rivnuts well then it is of no use to you.

[Terry Everall]

How do you get the pressure to apply correct to stop crushing of the thread

Mine came without any instructions

Anybody got any?

[MVS]

The one I bought came from Car Builder Solutions. It comes in a blue box, with a selection of steel rivnuts. Three years down the line, and numerous people borrowing it, and no probs

I have the same and it's great.

Don't get their budget one as it's only good for ally rivnuts and is made of cheese

[a4gom]

How do you get the pressure to apply correct to stop crushing of the thread

Mine came without any instructions

Anybody got any?

the thread is protected terry, its screwed on to the mandril, its the ali or steel tube between the threaded bit and the flange which sits on top of the hole which is compressed to flare out and hold it in place (made sense to me but I know what I mean)

[homesteady]

Thanks Guys. I'll take a look at Car Builder solutions.

[lukeyboy]

Car Builders for me and good quality.

Applying the right pressure to the rivnut is normally down to a bit of practice. I once put too much pressure on and ripped all the threads out of an ali one. I also used to fit them with a dab of epoxy on them to make sure they stayed put.