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Re: Rivets vs threaded fasteners
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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik
Since we seem to be trading horror stories in this thread, we haven't used many riv-nuts since the year we lost a match because a cross-threaded riv-nut spun and kept us from swapping our bumpers during a tight turn between matches. That and the fact it's difficult to get things to sit flush on top of (most) riv-nuts. The PEM nut fiasco on the old IFI sheet metal wheels has made me leery of those as well.
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Were you using steel or aluminum rivnuts?
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