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2002 1436 Alumacraft and floatation pods
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<blockquote data-quote="gogittum" data-source="post: 485013" data-attributes="member: 27114"><p>The OP has made it very clear that his rivnuts are steel and very strong, so I doubt there'll be a problem with the threads. I have 2 concerns about them - 1st, as I stated originally, that they have a bad habit of spinning when putting a bolt into them and 2nd that - to my knowledge - they install similar to a pop rivet, in that you push the end into a drilled hole in the aluminum pod, then pull it tight to swell the end and anchor the threads.</p><p></p><p>Pop rivets, and, I assume, rivnuts, only give a rounded bump on the inside of the pod and will pull out of aluminum fairly easily. I made a point of that when I spoke of the steel rivet's strength in shear.</p><p></p><p>In any case, OP seems to have thought it out and does have experience with his choice. It'll be interesting to see how it flies....swims..??...when done and in the water. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😎" title="Smiling face with sunglasses :sunglasses:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" data-shortname=":sunglasses:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gogittum, post: 485013, member: 27114"] The OP has made it very clear that his rivnuts are steel and very strong, so I doubt there'll be a problem with the threads. I have 2 concerns about them - 1st, as I stated originally, that they have a bad habit of spinning when putting a bolt into them and 2nd that - to my knowledge - they install similar to a pop rivet, in that you push the end into a drilled hole in the aluminum pod, then pull it tight to swell the end and anchor the threads. Pop rivets, and, I assume, rivnuts, only give a rounded bump on the inside of the pod and will pull out of aluminum fairly easily. I made a point of that when I spoke of the steel rivet's strength in shear. In any case, OP seems to have thought it out and does have experience with his choice. It'll be interesting to see how it flies....swims..??...when done and in the water. 😎 [/QUOTE]
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