[Icom] AH-4 & Hamstick

Tue, 04 Mar 2003 06:52:17 -0600

At 06:43 PM 3/3/2003 -0900, you wrote:
>The metal insert you are talking about sounds like the Rivnut or "Rivet 
>Nut" that is used to replace stripped out threads in thin metal. We used 
>to use them on aircraft when I was a Coast Guard Aviation Structural Mechanic.
>
>I think "Rivnut" was a brand name (kind of like "Kleenex") and the 
>manufacturer was either B F Goodrich or Goodyear.
>
>I bought some rivet nuts from Aircraft Tool Supply a couple of years ago. 
>It is possible they would have what you need, or if you know an A&P at the 
>airport, you might be able to bum a couple of inserts and an installation tool.
>
>Hope this helped out.
>
>73
>
>Ron
>KL7XL
>Hi Ron,

It jogged my memory.
Thanks

>>>Snip<<<
>>
>>Hi
>>I would be very careful about attaching to the roof rack screws on a 
>>Cherokee for a ground.  My 86 Cherokee appeared to have some type of 
>>synthetic/nylon insert that the screws went into.  To get a good ground 
>>that way I used an insert I had from work that was made of metal and 
>>compressed/expanded above and below the hole.  I am having a brain block 
>>at the moment and can't remember the name of the insert or the tool used 
>>to put it in with.  Commercial glass companies use them to replace screw 
>>holes, in thin, 1/8" or less, aluminum or steel, that the machine screw 
>>has been torn out of.  I also scraped away a small circle of paint around 
>>the hole so the outside of the insert's lip would have good contact.
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