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07-07-2014, 08:43 PM
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Nutserts
Not really a good for for this, but I'm wondering if someone can tell me the difference between rivet nuts and nutserts.
It doesn't appear to be just a brand thing, from what I can find. I saw them used on tv and the install tool was huge like a bolt cutter. But the ones on amazon are more like hand rivet tools. I'd like to get something that will set nuts where I have no access to the backside. But what kind and what tool? I'd like metal, not poly, if it's stronger. Thanks, Dave
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07-07-2014, 09:04 PM
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07-07-2014, 09:22 PM
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Re: Nutserts
I work in the stainless steel business and we use nutserts daily, i don't really see a difference in what was posted above. We do use air powered tools to install them though. I hate the metric ones, and i also am a huge anti stainless hardware person too,
 i hate stainless bolts etc. but, they are a great tool to use when you can't get to the back of something or really anywhere for that matter for a clean easy to disassemble part.
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07-07-2014, 09:31 PM
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Re: Nutserts
I think they are two different animals entirely. Rivnut puts threads in a hole where none existed before. A nutsert is a repair item. Search keensert. It is a high end helicoil type repair.
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07-07-2014, 10:23 PM
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07-07-2014, 10:28 PM
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Re: Nutserts
some different kinds
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07-07-2014, 11:45 PM
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Screw down the nutsert on the stem, insert into the required location and squuueeezzze really frigging hard. They tighten up similar to a rivet but you're left with a threaded insert that can withstand much more force applied to it. It worked flawlessly on body panels that allow you to remove the panels for paint repair at will. The GM body rivets were around 4 bucks per rivet and very permanent. Add in you still needed a special tool for those. Look up Marson 39214 Thread-Sert on Amazon. That's what I used. 88Ironduke
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07-08-2014, 03:17 AM
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Re: Nutserts
X2 on the marson. Works great. Gotta have a helluva grip to squeeze the tool tho.
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