Timeline for Problem installing rivnuts into aluminum skin and steel tubing
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| Mar 6, 2021 at 5:43 | vote | accept | rmaddy | ||
| Feb 27, 2021 at 18:52 | comment | added | fred_dot_u | Yeah, that sixteenths of an inch wall isn't going to take threads well enough. I think the heated glue idea has merit, as well as more pressure on the insert when actuating the pull. | |
| Feb 27, 2021 at 17:25 | comment | added | Ed Beal | @rmaddy thanks for the link. I have a 1/4-28 tap actually 3 for gunsmithing (taper,straight,bottoming) and I would go with the rivnuts because of the wind load on the trailer would be in all likelihood be hurricane force, a 30 mph head wind while traveling 55 would not be unusual. My partner had a roof rack bringing a load of 4” drainage pipe tied to the rack for a job the rack pulled loose and that was factory. They did repair it as it was a lease but I would want the rivnuts or to have Tig welded inserts put in if possible with the adhesive that would contaminate the tig process. | |
| Feb 27, 2021 at 16:09 | comment | added | rmaddy | @fred_dot_u Thanks but in the process of trying out the rivnut I realized the steel tubing wall is only 1/16", not 1/8", so a threaded hole won't work at all. | |
| Feb 27, 2021 at 16:05 | comment | added | rmaddy | @EdBeal They are most likely referring to a related question (engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/40430/…) I posted earlier. | |
| Feb 27, 2021 at 14:48 | comment | added | Ed Beal | @fred_dot_u , what’s the comment about 1/4-28 tap? Rivnuts are threaded inserts used where the metal is thin or in some cases two soft. The only place I use 1/4-28 is on ar15 pistol grip screws, just wondering? When I install rivnuts I want a very tight fit, maintains downward pressure on the skin I have tied 2 layers of metal to the aluminum frame on my van for mounting ladder racks in the past. | |
| Feb 27, 2021 at 10:48 | comment | added | fred_dot_u | This problem makes that quarter-twenty-eight tap look a bit more attractive. | |
| Feb 27, 2021 at 6:40 | history | edited | rmaddy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Added some more details.
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| Feb 27, 2021 at 6:38 | answer | added | Michael Karas♦ | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 27, 2021 at 6:13 | answer | added | Solar Mike | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 27, 2021 at 5:36 | comment | added | rmaddy | The hole seems to be the correct size. The rivnut needed to be pushed into the hole ever so slightly. | |
| Feb 27, 2021 at 4:40 | comment | added | brhans | Are you sure you're drilling the right size hole for the rivnut? I can imagine what you describe happening if the hole is a little too large. | |
| Feb 27, 2021 at 3:05 | history | asked | rmaddy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |