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2002 1436 Alumacraft and floatation pods
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<blockquote data-quote="gogittum" data-source="post: 484887" data-attributes="member: 27114"><p>You might want to buy some rivnuts and fool with them some before committing to using them on your project. My experience with the things has been dismal over many years. As long as they are new and clean and you don't tighten them too much, they do OK.</p><p></p><p>If the threads are even a little bit rough or a "little bit" of corrosion or grit gets in there, they'll spin and removal will become a drill-out project. That can be extremely awkward in tight places and is a major aggravation at best. If you over tighten them and bind the threads a bit, you're sunk. I've spent many hours upside down and backwards under a machine and swearing at the jerks who installed those things.</p><p></p><p>I owned and operated a restaurant service business for many years and have seen many weird and wonderful things.....and I will NOT use rivnuts in anything I'm working on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gogittum, post: 484887, member: 27114"] You might want to buy some rivnuts and fool with them some before committing to using them on your project. My experience with the things has been dismal over many years. As long as they are new and clean and you don't tighten them too much, they do OK. If the threads are even a little bit rough or a "little bit" of corrosion or grit gets in there, they'll spin and removal will become a drill-out project. That can be extremely awkward in tight places and is a major aggravation at best. If you over tighten them and bind the threads a bit, you're sunk. I've spent many hours upside down and backwards under a machine and swearing at the jerks who installed those things. I owned and operated a restaurant service business for many years and have seen many weird and wonderful things.....and I will NOT use rivnuts in anything I'm working on. [/QUOTE]
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