Could do with one for missing bottle cage threads on bike frames and a few other car/motorbike jobs from time to time. Will need for mostly M4, M5 & M6 threads, occasionally M8. Seen normal rivet gun looking ones to weird wedge tool looking ones. Any recommendations - seems a huge variation in prices on ebay from cheapo Far East imports to top end expensive kits. What's a good middle ground one for occasional use? Cheers
For bottle cages the singlw handed rivit type does.
Got this
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sealey-AK39602-Rivet-Threaded-Nut/dp/B000R9Z590
Bought to do m12s in my land rovers bulkhead and coped with all I've thrown at it. Bit overkill for a bottle cage though.
Thanks trail rat
Do you absolutely need one? You can insert rivnuts into place using a nut and bolt of the right size!
If its a one off you can make one from a bolt and couple of nuts..
https://donstechnologyblog.wordpress.com/2016/02/25/diy-homemade-rivnut-tool/
Fine for bottle cages.
I challenge you to do an m8 using the nut and bolt technique.
Been using my riv nut setting tool today and even that took some effort to do the m8s I set in the roof for the awning on the van.
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Would have been a very tedious/impossible job using the nut and bolt technique. There's 5 riv nuts in each of the 3 brackets
what do we reckon about this one?
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Nut and bolt technique should be fine for lightweight smaller thread jobs. Do occasionally do bigger stuff. ^ that one linked above could be handy for upto M6, but do need M8 sometimes, cheers
I've got the short-arm version of the Sealey linked above. If you expect to do lots of larger Rivnuts I'd consider the long arm, mine needs a fair bit of welly to squish the big-uns.
For a one off, I replaced an M6 rivnut (bottle cage) using an M6 bolt and nut. Wind nut on bolt far enough to allow for the depth of rivnut. Wind rivnut up to nut. Put rivnut into hole using 2 x 10mm spanners turn nut until it doesn't turn anymore. Rivnut fitted..