I found that with the countersunk rivnuts you can a lot of the time get away without filing the notch. It depends on the size of rivnut and the thickness of the aluminum. Fiberglass or non-countersunk rivets would definitely need the notch filed.
On one of my KRs I had rivnuts in the fiberglass cowling. They were epoxied in and were not the keyed rivnuts. I had a couple spin on me and it was nearly impossible to get the cowl off and replace the rivnut. Be extra sure if you put them in fiberglass that you rough them up good and put some flox on them after they are installed, especially if they are somewhere that you can't get to them if they spin. Brian Kraut Engineering Alternatives, Inc. www.engalt.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of VIRGIL N SALISBURY Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 12:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: KR> rivnut question The notch is formed in the rivenut as a ridge radially out from the center to the edge. It keeps the rivnut from turning at ANY time. But you must provide the notch for the ridge to set into. Drill the hole and file in the notch, Virg On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 09:05:04 -0500 "Oscar Zuniga" <[email protected]> writes: > Virg wrote- > > >Do not forget the NOTCH to keep the Rivnut from turning, Virg > > Aha! I saw that they offer both plain and "keyed" rivnuts. I guess > the > keyed ones take a notch. How is that notch made? I had figured on > putting > a dab of Locktite or epoxy on before I squeezed them, to keep them > from > turning. > > Oscar Zuniga > San Antonio, TX > mailto: [email protected] > website at http://www.flysquirrel.net > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > Virgil N. Salisbury - AMSOIL www.lubedealer.com/salisbury Miami ,Fl _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
