I did'nt use the setting tool, I just drilled some 11mm holes and the riv-nuts went in with a gentle tap. There was enough of an interference fit for the nuts to grip the holes and as soon as they start to pull up you're away. No problems at all and if you need to remove the strutbrace at any time its very easy.
I was worried riv nuts wouldn't be strong enough for the job so went with standard nuts in the end.
I personally wouldn't trust them for anything structual either but thats just my opinion.
Seen a hell of a lot of these ripped out in light accident conditions.
Seen a hell of a lot of these ripped out in light accident conditions.
If they're good quality, the correct size for the application and fitted correctly they are the same as standard nuts and are designed to withstand the same stresses.
Wouldn't trust rivnuts either. I used 8mm steel bolts with big washers and nyloc nuts. Looks good and nice and strong!!!
We used to use rivnuts at work of varying sizes and inserted by gun
If you can get the mandrel and anvil you can rig up a manual version
Everyone of these were torque tested and not too many failed but when they did they ruined parts and were difficult to remove
I would not use rivnuts to attach a strut brace
Jonny if you do remove your brace be careful as with the bolt tightly into rivnut and rivnut not correctly torqued you may spin rivnut instead of releasing the bolt( seen it happen a lot)
Also the guns we had ran on 7 bar air supply and used steel inserts, (stainless will require slightly higher pressure) but using M12 with reasonably short stroke you needed full pressure to correctly deform them
Just something to think about
If you can get the mandrel and anvil you can rig up a manual version
Everyone of these were torque tested and not too many failed but when they did they ruined parts and were difficult to remove
I would not use rivnuts to attach a strut brace
Jonny if you do remove your brace be careful as with the bolt tightly into rivnut and rivnut not correctly torqued you may spin rivnut instead of releasing the bolt( seen it happen a lot)
Also the guns we had ran on 7 bar air supply and used steel inserts, (stainless will require slightly higher pressure) but using M12 with reasonably short stroke you needed full pressure to correctly deform them
Just something to think about
Use nyloc nuts or spring washers at the very least, dont want things coming loose from vibration 
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