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Rivet nuts and a tool to install them

kshansen

kshansen

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Tinkerer said:
Like the title says, everybody should have an assortment of them. There many different ways to install them Here is a link to a UTube video about them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-ik6TnWrGI
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They are a handy tool. Have used them for years on various things, work great when the sheet metal screws holding something together pull out the hole, use these and you can tighten things much better and they will last much longer. Latest application was a sheet metal shroud on a Tecumseh snow blower motor that time and vibration caused sheet metal screws to no longer stay tight. Replaced a #12 sheet metal screw with a 1/4-20 bolt and it never gets loose.

One source:https://www1.mcmaster.com/#standard-rivet-nuts/=15r1nzp
 
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