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[wrangler]

Has anyone used them and where would be the best place to get the insert tool, I was thinking of m10, any advise would be appreciated.

Waggers

[greggmo]

think machine mart do the machine. rivnuts work well but make sure they are done nice and tight cos they can spin and thats a real pain.

[gazjeep]

Used em to fix the transfer case skid to the chasis on my XJ, lasted a couple of years before spinning loose.

Welded a nut on the end of a strip of steel & posted it down the chasis in the end. What you planning to fix to where Waggs ?

[Nexus]

Used them on the TJ to replace the rivets for the AEV Rocker Protectors, borrowed the tool from work as we use them in R&D.  I also epoxy them in when fitting to try and prevent them spinning.  The other thing to check is what sheet thickness they are for as if its to thick you wont get a proper pull up / compression of the nutsert.

Cheers
Nick

[Nosebolt]

personly I wouldnt use them on anything over 16swg (thick bodywork) above that would either weld nut / threaded tube direct or via a backing plate

[wildwood]

Used them to do my rearlights (see Workshop a month ago) Agree with NB wouldn't use them for holding big mechanical things on or rocker bars etc good on body panels for the bits you can't get a hand or spanner behind. Got mine from Silverline and cost about a £10 looks like a pop rivet gun but you can spend anything up to £700 for an air powered thing that does 20mm stuff. Also as they have said get em in tight and you'll be OK.

Used this website to do the research http://www.prifast.co.uk/nutsert_tools.htm

[wrangler]

Used em to fix the transfer case skid to the chasis on my XJ, lasted a couple of years before spinning loose.

Welded a nut on the end of a strip of steel & posted it down the chasis in the end. What you planning to fix to where Waggs ?

A company logo sine to the front of me factory, the panels are about 3" thick with an insulation foam in the middle. I just don't want to drill all the way though them.

Waggers

[Dave69]

get the rivnuts with the splines as these bite into the panel thickness, upto 8mm the rivit tool is relatively cheap, to compress 10mm and above the tool gets a bit more expensive.