Rivnut installation

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We'll need a bit more detail than that.

What colour is it?

Pink, knowing you gaylanderers

Eyup Hippo

I deleted the text cos i've found me own answer, sort of.

Got meself one of them rivnut things. Never seen one before utill using it at work a year ago. Fantasic bodging tools.

Never used one, but well used to bodging stuff, so looking forward to giving it a bash.

tried using one and struggled with the steel rivnuts so went back to a good ol strip of metal wiva hole in...worked a treat

Not enuff room to drill the hole out to 16mm so I'm gonna drill a hole in from underneath and use a long range socket to hold the bolt in place til I've tightened it up!
Apethy has set in and I'm going belt and braces on the mofo.

I bought some m12 stainless steel thinking they wouldn't rust. Used em to replace captive nuts for holding me sump guard. Couldn't squeeze the rivnut tool. Hands not big enough. Thinking I was clever I used a trolley jack to push up the handle with the other handle wedged with wood against ma hippo. Jack lifted ma hippo via the rivnut tool untill the weight on the suspension reduced.

got an air opperated one handy as my dad was cheif disgner and manufacturer for avdel textron that used to make them great things

gricey said:

got an air opperated one handy as my dad was cheif disgner and manufacturer for avdel textron that used to make them great things

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Great idea, just aint can't justify spending £300 putting one rivnut in!

And no room to get at it


Stainless is extremely tough stuff I swage threaded bar onto wire rope and it's a bastid.
Good job you had enough jacks to do the job Hippo

yeah i wouldnt have , but the firm dad worked for closed , they wont miss it lol

I welded it on instead too much messing about, now it's sorted.