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Originally Posted by FrankJ
The big thing I do not like about rivnuts is when the do fail, the corrective action can be time consuming. I know in a perfect world they will not fail, but the heat of a six week build session & multiple matches in tournament tend to cancel out the perfect world scenario. They are useful in their place & are better than tapping thin gauge Al. I second the idea of using the installation tool to set them. It has hardened face to get a consistent set.
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Yes if they start spinning in the material the corrective action could cause problems particularly when using something harder than a grade 5 bolt. The knurled ones are less likely to spin than the smooth sided ones, which I would not recommend for anything that will be disassembled and reassembled multiple times. The other key it to not over tighten the bolts going into them and of course not to cross thread said bolts.