Rivet nuts??

[Stuart Giles]

Stuart, I agree with you re. metric hex head bolts on an imperial based car, but slot head screws?  Really?

Yep. Only one set of 'spare' fasteners to carry in the car's spares kit with the confidence that the threaded hole will be BA, Whitworth or BSF when I need to work on the car at the roadside; not needing to faff about or find that I originally used a hokey cokey fastener which I don't happen to have with me. Re. Rivnuts, I have two setting tools, So if I'm working on partner Sue's Fiat Giardinera it gets the 'right' fasteners as well.



I work on all sorts of stuff here, so by the time I've stocked BA/BSF/BSW/Metric threads and the different formats: machine screws/hex set and caphead in HT and Stainless that's a lot of fasteners; this is only part of the storage here.