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    Useful Rivnut Tool

    I bought a Rivnut tool a few years ago but it doesn't do M8 ones, I was going to buy another but it seemed daft to spend a fortune on a decent one just to set one (or two) into the chassis. I've been fortunate enough to be able to borrow one in the past but it wasn't possible this time so I ended up one of these:

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Land-Rover...item589531871b

    Ordered on Sunday evening it arrived today and worked exactly as described. I haven't looked into possible modification to do smaller rivnuts but if the head is large enough to be caught by the serrated edge then a simple sleeve to guide the bolt ought to work nicely.

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    Re: Useful Rivnut Tool

    I've used my own home approach, which is similar. I used a nut with washers / spanner instead of that tool for all rivnut which are difficult to install using the normal tool :-)

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    Re: Useful Rivnut Tool

    Quote Originally Posted by Cadami View Post
    I've used my own home approach, which is similar. I used a nut with washers / spanner instead of that tool for all rivnut which are difficult to install using the normal tool :-)
    Does that work for steel and stainless ones as well as ali?

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    Re: Useful Rivnut Tool

    Worked just fine on the steel one I just installed Chris!

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    Re: Useful Rivnut Tool

    Worked for all sizes and types for me.

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    Re: Useful Rivnut Tool

    I had one of the Memfast ones which is basically a glorified version of what you have shown there, it just has an integral spanner. It failed very quickly because during the tightening process the rivnut is trying to turn & the only thing preventing it is the serrations, these lose their bite very quickly when used with steel rivnuts which renders the tool useless.
    I found that a strip of 3mm steel with a nut & bolt works the best, use a spanner on the nut to tighten it, another on the bolt head to hold it in position with the strip of steel. Once the bolt is worn you simply replace it with a new one, cheap as chips.
    Last edited by Strat Fan; 06-03-2013 at 01:05.
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    Re: Useful Rivnut Tool

    Ive had a Spiralux rivnut tool for donkeys years, its bent a bit, been straightened and still works fine. Came with an M8 mandrel also. Recommended.

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    Re: Useful Rivnut Tool

    Powerful do another tool which sets M4, M5 and M6 rivnuts.
    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rivnut-Riv...item5d33bdcac5.
    I bought one the other day but I've not tried it yet.

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