Rivetnuts

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sounds like the factory is a blessing to you too !! day jax fla 83
pt-40

In a message dated 6/23/2005 12:19:50 AM Eastern Standard Time,
warbucks@... writes:
> Subj: RE: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Rivetnuts
> Date:6/23/2005 12:19:50 AM Eastern Standard Time
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> Has anyone else replaced the rivnuts on their coach and found that the
> holes are for hex rivnuts not round ones? I am sure that my coach has the
> original rivnuts installed and someone stripped some of them which meant
> grinding the heads off and replacing them. What I found was a series of hex
> holes and not round ones. There is absolutely no doubt that they were
> installed by BB and in fact I verified that when I visited Fort Valley.
> When I toured the BB factory the first time I specifically wanted to see
> how they installed the rivnuts in the front panels. I knew the newer BB did
> not use them but hoped that someone there knew how it was done. After the
> tour was over I asked the guide if I could find out how the rivnuts were
> installed. Someone went with me and we finally found an employee that not
> only knew how to do it, but still had the tools and the rivnuts in his
> locker. He had the hydraulic punch to make the hex holes, the air tool to
> install the rivnuts and a small quantity of the hex rivnuts. He explained
> that BB used the hex rivnuts so they could not turn after installation.
> Once they are torqued down they become extremely resistant to turning. You
> will strip the inside threads first and that is what happened to mine.
>
> So when I needed some more hex rivnuts I stopped at parts in Fort Valley to
> get some. I had already purchased the tools to install them. Earl Davis
> looked at the one hex rivnut I had and told me Bluebird never used them.
> But when I insisted the one I had was one I got in the BB factory he
> continued looking and finally found a stock of them.
> This is what they look like and you can get them from other sources.
> http://www.cardinalcomponents.com/fasten...ivnut.htm.
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> I bought enough hex rivnuts and stainless steel screws from Earl Davis to
> last me for a long time.
>
> Tom Warner
> 1982 FC35
> Vernon Center,NY
>
> At 08:05 PM 6/22/2005 -0500, you wrote:
> >This is about riv-nuts, Not RIV-Nuts. Tim, I don't see how the Dzus
> >fasteners would be much help. Unless I am mistaken they would need to
> >riveted or bolted to the frame works. It sounds like that might create
> some
> >problems and a lot of work. I had about half a dozen slipping riv-nuts on
> >my coach and was real fortunate in that I was able to get a hold of all of
> >them with pliers and get the bolts out without grinding the bolt heads off.
> >After I installed new riv-nuts I ran a 1/4"-20 tap into all of the
> riv-nuts.
> >I also put an anti-seize compound on all the bolts. What a difference.
> >You can now run all the bolts in with your fingers and just give the a
> quick
> >turn with a speed wrench to finish the job.
> >
> >Chet Geist
> >1981 FC33, Austin, Texas
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> >[mailto:WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Tim Hannink
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 12:05 PM
> > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Was Bird Sightings (long rant), Now
> >Rivetnuts
> >
> >
> > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Miller"
> > wrote:
> > >I've not seen the "hexagonal" rivnuts in a Wanderlodge either, his
> > >must be special. Someone might even have installed them in more than
> > >one 'Bird, but I've never seen them.
> >
> > I don't have the hex-type of rivet nut either but was wondering if
> > anyone had ever replaced them with a 1/4-turn (or Dzus) fastener? I'm
> > sure you could get them in stainless or aluminum and polish them for
> > effect and they sure would be easier to remove and less easy to lose
> > than the stock 1/4"-20 hex bolts. They also wouldn't sieze up as
> > quickly and would be a lot easier on the painted sheet metal that the
> > bolts are.
> >
> > Good luck
> >
> > Tim Hannink
> > Winter Park, FL
> > 1981 FC-33SB
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