Nutsert Or Rivnut Installation

[ArdWrknTrk]

Sometimes you just have to get creative with a torch and grinder to get the wrench to fit.

Not after you just got through painting the truck after 4 years of rebuilding.

Or was that on the wrench

Dave ----

Gary and I both have a few heavily modified wrenches.

I forgot he doesn't have an oxy-acetylene setup.

But if he was willing to tack weld a rivnut maybe tacking some inverted tee-nuts in place is not such a big deal?

[Gary Lewis]

Gary and I both have a few heavily modified wrenches.

I forgot he doesn't have an oxy-acetylene setup.

But if he was willing to tack weld a rivnut maybe tacking some inverted tee-nuts in place is not such a big deal?

No, I don't. But MAPP gas is hot enough to bend a wrench, so I have a Craftsman 13mm box/open with a right angle near the boxed end. I forget what engine I was working on, but there was no room to get a wrench on the distributor's bolt so I made a wrench to fit.

And I have another Craftsman boxed-end wrench seriously ground down to allow it to get on the header bolts w/o rubbing the exhaust tube on Big Blue.

Plus a Craftsman open end wrench that is much thinner than it was originally and that let it slide into a really narrow spot. Don't remember what that was on, but it was the only way to get into that spot.

Yes, Craftsman wrenches are expendable.

[ArdWrknTrk]

No, I don't. But MAPP gas is hot enough to bend a wrench, so I have a Craftsman 13mm box/open with a right angle near the boxed end. I forget what engine I was working on, but there was no room to get a wrench on the distributor's bolt so I made a wrench to fit.

And I have another Craftsman boxed-end wrench seriously ground down to allow it to get on the header bolts w/o rubbing the exhaust tube on Big Blue.

Plus a Craftsman open end wrench that is much thinner than it was originally and that let it slide into a really narrow spot. Don't remember what that was on, but it was the only way to get into that spot.

Yes, Craftsman wrenches are expendable.

I didn't realize that the current "mapp" gas would make the difference.

It only burns at 3730F vs 3600 for propane.

But for something with as little mass as a 1/2" wrench I'm sure you could get there with a turbo tip.

I've got a couple of purpose made distributor wrenches but only ever use the 1/2"

Weird shaped obstruction wrenches and super deep offset are what I've done.

Otherwise it's cut and weld.

And I have a couple with neodymium magnets epoxied on. (So the magnet is covered and doesn't end up stuck deep inside a pocket)

[ArdWrknTrk]

No, I don't. But MAPP gas is hot enough to bend a wrench, so I have a Craftsman 13mm box/open with a right angle near the boxed end. I forget what engine I was working on, but there was no room to get a wrench on the distributor's bolt so I made a wrench to fit.

And I have another Craftsman boxed-end wrench seriously ground down to allow it to get on the header bolts w/o rubbing the exhaust tube on Big Blue.

Plus a Craftsman open end wrench that is much thinner than it was originally and that let it slide into a really narrow spot. Don't remember what that was on, but it was the only way to get into that spot.

Yes, Craftsman wrenches are expendable.

Not expendable. Readily available and suitable for being made to fit.

They are the perfect tool for that job!

[85lebaront2]

I did them that way before I bought the correct tool. I would preassemble several using some loctite on the portion of the bolt that went into the nutsert. After it sat up I would put a little grease on the exposed threads so I could hold the bolt head and tighten the nut against the washer to compress the insert. Once it was seated I backed out the bolt, nut and washer.