dieseldog69

dieseldog69

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Looking at some M6 stainless rivnuts for a little project, anyone got any experience with stainless rivnuts?

I know that they will be much harder than mild steel and doubly harder than ally ones but will they be relatively easy to set or a proper pain in the hole, only going through a single sheet of 1.5mm steel.

Any tips fellas?
 
dieseldog69 said:
Looking at some M6 stainless rivnuts for a little project, anyone got any experience with stainless rivnuts?

I know that they will be much harder than mild steel and doubly harder than ally ones but will they be relatively easy to set or a proper pain in the hole, only going through a single sheet of 1.5mm steel.

Any tips fellas?
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I've only tried the ali ones on the rear cross member. Didn't have the proper tool, but followed a how to with a bolt etc. Failed miserably. I once used stainless pop rivets in my pop rivet gun and they were extremely difficult to pull. Unless you've got a really good rivnut tool I think you'll have bother with them.
 
Al2O3 said:
I've only tried the ali ones on the rear cross member. Didn't have the proper tool, but followed a how to with a bolt etc. Failed miserably. I once used stainless pop rivets in my pop rivet gun and they were extremely difficult to pull. Unless you've got a really good rivnut tool I think you'll have bother with them.
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I am thinking one of these.

rivnuttool.jpg


Proper job me finks.
 
Al2O3 said:
I've only tried the ali ones on the rear cross member. Didn't have the proper tool, but followed a how to with a bolt etc. Failed miserably. I once used stainless pop rivets in my pop rivet gun and they were extremely difficult to pull. Unless you've got a really good rivnut tool I think you'll have bother with them.
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+1 the ss rivets for the defender were heavy work and needed my big industrial rivet gun, you probably wont get away without a good quality rivnut tool in that case whilst you can manage without when using aluminium
 
I have one of those and it's good for the smaller Rivnuts. You probably need the one with longer handles for 6mm stainless. Same make, different model.
 
Ive used stainless rvnuts quite a few times using this tool,
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Make sure you get the type with the ‘splined’ sides fir extra grip because they can spin!
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Kwakerman said:
How many do you need to do? Could work out quite expensive when you work out the cost per rivnut price! :eek:
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I think it'll be about 70 in total, but then I will always have the tool for any other projects that pop up, can't ever have enough tools LOL
 
I could just use stainless skin pins but then they need drilled out in the future and won't provide the permanent solution.
 
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