adrianreeve
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| posted on 15/2/10 at 07:39 AM |
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Which rivnut tool / what size rivnuts?
I'm about to start on bodywork, and need a rivnut tool. Anyone got any recommendations for where to get one, and are M6 rivnuts big enough to
hold scuttle and nosecone on? Also, steel or ali rivnuts?
Cheers
Adrian
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Macbeast
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| posted on 15/2/10 at 07:48 AM |
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I used tool from Memfast(www.memfast.co.uk ) which is excellent.
My nose cone is held by 7 x 6mm aluminium and the scuttle is held by 4 x 6mm aluminium plus about 8 x 4mm where the firewall meets the engine
compartment and 6 x 4 mm where the dash is fixed to the horizontal part of the firewall (if that makes sense )
I'm addicted to brake fluid, but I can stop anytime.
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irvined
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| posted on 15/2/10 at 02:02 PM |
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+1 for memfast.
http://irvined.blogspot.com
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hobbsy
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| posted on 15/2/10 at 03:46 PM |
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The memfast tool is good but if you don't use it for a few weeks it goes a bit rusty. Have to keep oiling it up
Far better than the squeezy type though!
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 15/2/10 at 03:48 PM |
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Ali are easy to set, and easy to strip. Steal are harder to set and difficult to strip, and weigh more. I have 2*M6 and 4*M6 on hinges holding the
nose on (both aluminum, non-countersink ones).
Scuttle has 6*M6 (but only using 4 at moment and this seems enough even with a screen).
Bigger than M6 and the holes get quite large in the tube so would not recommend M8.
I have a lot of M4's holding on internal paneling in stead of rivets where they may need removing from time to time.
Sourced a lot of rivenuts from e-bay (was cheapest at the time, also check out CBS, and the other kit car suppliers, primary fastners might be worth a
ring as well).
Dan
[Edited on 15/2/10 by Bluemoon]
[Edited on 15/2/10 by Bluemoon]
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