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Wex
 


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Homemade RivNut Tool

3000 th post so thought I'd make it a helpful one ( for once)

Found this whilst browsing.Prior to coming across this already made my own version to refit the RAI and it works grand.

http://www.x-eng.co.uk/rivnut.asp

Ignore the sizes they speak of , it's for one of their own products.
  
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fair play on your Milestone




I wonder do employers give out performance bonuses on this sort of thing Wink




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I must have 300 of those tools in my shed Thumbs Up
  
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strangely, exactly the tool I used for fitting my RAI, although I think my bolt was a different colour...
 and theeeeennn......???  
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Neat idea Thumbs Up
  
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I've got a decent Rivnut tool, but for those hard-to-reach places..... Cool
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DiscoStu wrote:
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I've got a decent Rivnut tool, but for those hard-to-reach places..... Cool


Foolishly, I bought a crappy Rivnut tool off fleabay so this method is used on all my jobs now Confused
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