riv nuts
 

Hi All, Has anyone got a decent site for riv nuts and the applicator tool.
Cheers, Tony.

These tools are excellent from Memfast, they're not the cheapest or most expensive but are bloody good and quick to use. Had a cheaper alternative first and it was rubbish. They also sell M6 Rivnuts for 6p each or you can get flush fitting ones for a bit more.

Regards....AndyH

Hi there,

I bought the riv nuts from memfast on ebay! I made a too myself: I got a bolt of the appropriate size, 2 nuts and a washer. I drilled 1 nut out to remove the thread. I then threaded the bolt in the following order: Good nut, washer, drilled nut then rivnut. I popped the rivnut into the hole. I held the bolt still and turned the good nut 3 or 4 revolutions, which worked really well. The only slight mod I made was to hold the drilled nut still with a flat spanner - this stopped and turning of the rivnut. Worked a treat for me, much better than £37 for the proper tool!

see the results on my blog!

What blog is that?

A picture paints a thousand words :D

Blog is www.mistrale.blogspot.com

will dig out my homemade tool and take a pic - it just looks like nuts on a bolt though!

What sizes of rivnut / nutsert do you need for the build?

I'm thinkin of buying one of the memfast tools but don't know what size inserts to buy?

I used nearly all 6mm. I bought packs of 3, 4 5 and 6, only place I have anything other than 6mm is for the fuse holders and the CO adjust where I used 4mm.
Enoch