Re: Latest on my project

Christopher Albers (Christopher.Albers(at)bubbs.biola.edu)
Thu, 26 Mar 1998 20:28:38 -0800

Roger, I am familiar with the tool you're talking about and plan on checking it out. My only concern with it is that the top flange will be so high that I won't be able to get the tonneau stud flush with my paint. As a last resort I plan on removing the upholstery panel I just installed and try to get a nut up through hand sized hole just below the convertable top hinge drain hole. I'm not confident that it's possible to do this and with my luck, it won't be. All the small fit and finish problems I've been having are brutal on my paint.

Christopher rgibbs(at)pacbell.net,Internet writes: >Here's a thought.

>There is a tool somewhat like a rivet tool (actually it is almost
>exactly lite a pop
>rivet tool) which takes a threaded insert. You place this insert into a
>proper sized
>hole and sqeeze the tool, which compressed/expands the threaded insert,
>locking it in
>place. These inserts are sized for American threads such as 8-32,
>10-24, 1/4-20.

>If the studs are available with the above sized threads this might work
>for you. I
>believe that the tool is called a "Rivenut"; I have seen then
>advertised in catalogs
>and on the shelves of the local OSH stores.

>-Roger

>From: Roger Gibbs <rgibbs(at)pacbell.net>
>Subject: Re: Latest on my project
>Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 20:16:55 +0000