Recommendations for a Rivnut setter?

"NaturallyAspirated" (NaturallyAspirated) 07/30/2014 at 15:54 • Filed to: Tools, rivnuts

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After watching the "Gramps" series of Mighty Car Mods and seeing the myriad uses of rivnuts, I figured I'd try to find a reasonably-priced rivnut set for my own use.

Harbor Freight has a $17 kit, but I'm a bit concerned with the quality and capability of such a set.

Amazon sells a number of kits from Astro Pneumatic which have good reviews. The !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! seems like a good fit for my needs.

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Does anyone have other suggestions or considerations?

Frank Grimes > NaturallyAspirated 07/30/2014 at 15:56

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I wonder how well they hold I assume it rivets into the metal but I wonder how well they hold.

NaturallyAspirated > Frank Grimes 07/30/2014 at 15:59

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I used to use them when I was an airplane mechanic. They work really well as long as you are careful drilling the hole for it. If you drill the hole too big, then after a few in/out cycles with a bolt, the rivnut will start to spin in it's hole when you go to loosen it.

Will with a W8 races an E30 > NaturallyAspirated 07/30/2014 at 17:17

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RUN AWAY!!!!!

Will with a W8 races an E30 > Will with a W8 races an E30 07/30/2014 at 17:19

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More seriously, I only have experience with the Harbor Freight tool, and it was absolutely miserable. If you can get your hands on a pnuematic installation tool, and make sure the riv nuts are the heavy duty variety, and properly sized, and your holes are properly drilled, riv nuts are really quite convenient.

Frank Grimes > NaturallyAspirated 07/30/2014 at 18:35

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this is really one of those things once you have will find all kinds of uses for but at the moment I cant think of what use it would be. I still want one.