Originally Posted by
jsharr
If you are holding the bolt from turning and backing the nut off the bolt with a wrench, the rivnut should be getting tightened up as you force the nut against the washer and thus against the rivnut.
It will not work if you are allowing the bolt to turn.
If the threads in the rivnut are stripped, as you back the nut off and force it against the washer, you will be pulling the bolt out of the rivnut. Seems like you would feel the bolt slipping if this was happening.
I did it the way you described.. and I don't feel the bolt slipping.. it just seems like the nut won't quite tighten.. I think I might've stripped somehing though because once when I tried it I heard a sort of snap.
Last edited by SpasticSprocket; 05-25-12 at 04:14 PM.