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Re: Rivets vs threaded fasteners

We standardized almost entirely to rivnuts (or hi-locks or clinch nuts or whatever they're being called these days) and 10-32 bolts, with an emphasis on lighter weight, ease of maintenance, and minimization of swarf when changing out parts.

For things that shouldn't ever need changing (radio mount, license plate holder, etc) we used standard rivets.

We're pretty happy with the results thus far.
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