Astro Rivet Nut Drill Adapter Operation and Review

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This video covers the operation as well as a review on the Astro Rivet Nut Drill Adapter XL,
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Last updated: May 11, 2023

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@raycadbury 2 күн бұрын

Perfect video. No bs and no dilly dallying straight to the point 🔥

@PresidentBust 9 ай бұрын

This was very useful. Especially the tip about when to stop.

@basshunter428 Жыл бұрын

I've been using Rivnuts for over 30 yrs (precision sheetmetal mechanic) and I've used just about all the insall tools (except that one). The pneumatic one is great but not cheap and they must be properly adjusted or they will snap the mandrel off. I'm going to look into purchasing this one because it doesn't require a compressor and line. If you own a Jeep and do your own work this tool is a great asset! Thanks Mike, great vid!👍

@10Kview Жыл бұрын

Great comprehensive walkthrough on this toolset

@BluJeep Жыл бұрын

Excellent video! I followed your instructions and used this tool to successfully installed 9 rivnuts in my Jeep to secure a rear fascia before my stubby bumper. Thank you.

@PresidentBust 8 ай бұрын

Posted 3 weeks ago that this helped me. Let me re state. Did a new project today and couldn't remember the technique of this. This video saved me again!

@ronchadwick8552 Жыл бұрын

Like you explained you can put a nut in the area that is captive so you can continue your project. Furthermore great demonstration from beginner standpoint to professional on the job site. Keep up your good work thank you

@waltp3373 Жыл бұрын

Excellent demonstration

@Griff093 4 ай бұрын

I replaced the body on my golf cart about 4 years ago (EZGO), the body was riveted in place with about 50 pop rivets. I used this tool to replace all the pop rivets with Rivnuts. Went together so easy, I used it to install both headlight & taillight assemblies, fender flares, windshield supports, etc. I've used with both aluminum and steel Rivnuts. Works well using a 1/4" nut driver as well as a drill. Quick easy installation.

@markcargile Жыл бұрын

What a cool tool! Thanks for the review!

@paoemantega8793 3 ай бұрын

excellent presentation, straight to the point. Thanks for sharing

@juangalvez8594 5 ай бұрын

Great video, thanks for posting. 👍👌

@minskmade Жыл бұрын

very goood video...i've had one of these for a couple years...and never really used it...great instructions.

@hexhead5732 Жыл бұрын

That sure is a lot easier than doing it by hand with two wrenches 👍

@bradlock76 11 ай бұрын

Great demo 👍

@code3responsevideos872 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the great video. I just bought one of these tools. I messed and messed with it for a while. I was about to return it. Now I just realized I had the rivet nut on backwards this whole time. NO, the drill wasn’t too small. NO the tool isn’t broken it’s just good ole fashioned operator error!

@Dixler683 3 ай бұрын

How could you have it on backwards? Do not make sense.

@code3responsevideos872 3 ай бұрын

@@Dixler683 if you put the rivet nut on backwards it will not expand in the hole. They are direction specific to the tool to expand and set

@Dixler683 3 ай бұрын

@@code3responsevideos872 Exactly! If the riv-nut is on the mandrel backwards the flange faces toward the hole preventing it from being inserted . So back to my original comment…..”how could you have it on backwards”. I own this tool and familiar with the proper use.

@code3responsevideos872 3 ай бұрын

@@Dixler683 quite easliy when all these new tools come in the mail, I tried to test it by expanding a rivet nut. I was not inserted into a substrait. So I my only conclusion was the m12 drill was too small to handle the job. Once I got It into a hole the right way it worked.

@michaelwright1602 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for the video, I just ordered one, need to do some sheet metal work and this looks like it will fit the bill!

@clivewilliams3661 Жыл бұрын

I have a Kobe Heavy Industries tool that is very similar to the one shown that works for 3mm - 6mm, which I have had for more than 10 years but the massive issue with it is that the plastic outer casing is collapsing under the tightening pressure and really isn't fit for purpose. I have never found an alternative until now. I mostly use a ratchet on the 1/4" drive as I don't really need to break out the drill for the few that I do at a time. I have also built a Rivnut tool for M8 and M10 nuts that is modelled on the Land Rover tool, which I first made around 20 years ago. It consists of two 1/2", very short bars that are forced apart with two 1/2" UNF bolts. A M8 or M10 through bolt holds a Rivnut on one side of the combination and as the two bars are forced apart the Rivnut compresses. It is simple, very tough and has never even looked like failing after all this time, indeed its actually getting better IMO and can be used in remarkedly small spaces.

@meandmyRC99 Жыл бұрын

Nice job, thanks!

@user-ws7qh5zg8f 5 ай бұрын

Well done vid. Thanks.

@BastHoen 11 ай бұрын

Great video, tnx!

@feralkid9315 Жыл бұрын

nice tool, good review

@nicholascrosby12 4 ай бұрын

Thanks brother!

@spelunkerd Жыл бұрын

Excellent demo. The concept is really interesting, but I don't use it often enough to justify a big expense. Some guys just use a bolt they tighten up manually to collapse the nut into place, so you don't necessarily need fancy tools. In tight spaces that may be all you can do, since even the rivnut adapter and drill requires about a foot of free space in front. I see the front side of the nut stands a little proud of the surface, so what you're attaching won't be completely flush. I have one of those manual tools, but the one time I wanted to use it under a car, my jack stands wouldn't lift the car high enough to get the tool into place.

@TheBFHGarage Жыл бұрын

I agree with you. However, if you need to set them perfectly straight, i find that the wrench method can be hit or miss because of all the movement required. This tool sets them straight! Cost/benefit to the user is the bottom line.

@cowboyup545 11 ай бұрын

Enjoyed he video Thanks. No music back ground could hear you very well.

@long-jeep Жыл бұрын

I agree that the handheld setting tools _are_ junk. Half of the installed rivnuts end up crooked/off-center.

@jamescopeland5358 5 ай бұрын

Cool

@truesimplicity Жыл бұрын

Are there Plusnut/ Crossnut mandrills available for the ADN38?

@gf2e Ай бұрын

When you're backing the tool out at the end...if there was a way for the outer body of the tool to press against the front of the drill chuck, wouldn't that basically make it unscrew under the control of the drill? Two modes: The one that you use, where you hold the outside part of the tool body and it pulls in and out. Second, new mode. You slide the outer body of the tool, and now the entire tool rotates with the drill, and unwinds from the nut under drill power. Not as fancy as the $1400 Metabo version, but. Not $1400 :)

@paulkaufman4901 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for doing this review! I have been doing this the hard way for 10 years! Will it set the Nutserts for the skid plate on a jeep?

@TheBFHGarage Жыл бұрын

No. Black magic brakes had a great tool that makes it super easy though.

@TwoFeatherChannel Жыл бұрын

I'm getting one I was hoping Milwaukee would have made an all in one Rivet Nut Driver but don't see them talking about it

@TheBFHGarage Жыл бұрын

I wish Milwaukee made one!

@rksg2003 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video great explanation.. My question is what is the model of your Milwaukee drill? thanks

@TheBFHGarage Жыл бұрын

It's the normal drill, not the fuel

@MrSneakyGunz 6 ай бұрын

👍👍👍

@rubinbrown8142 8 ай бұрын

You can countersink the hole before you insert the rivnut, this will give you a flushsurface to mount your other part,

@TheBFHGarage 8 ай бұрын

Not much to countersink on sheet metal.

@CycloneCyd Жыл бұрын

Looks like you're using brass rivnuts there. Do you think this tool is strong enough for steel rivnuts. I need to set some M10 steel ones under the wheelarch of my Saab. This tool looks great from the access POV.

@TheBFHGarage Жыл бұрын

These are steel rivnuts, not brass. They are zinc coated.

@CycloneCyd Жыл бұрын

@@TheBFHGarage ah, right oh. Thanks

@billymills7944 Жыл бұрын

So, do you think you can use that to mount rocksliders like the belly skidplate? (Bottom and side of frame)

@TheBFHGarage Жыл бұрын

No, not at all. The frame rail nutserts are far too big and thick. I don't see a drill collapsing those. The tool from Black Magic Brakes is the best tool for that job.

@stephen2028 8 ай бұрын

Looks great but good luck in a tight spot. Great if you got 2 feet of clearance to work with.

@TheBFHGarage 8 ай бұрын

How is that any different than the manual tool where the arms have to open up wide?

@wabio Жыл бұрын

Does anyone know if this tool with work on the Plus-nuts or pre-bulbed nuts?

@danburch9989 Жыл бұрын

I have the "strong arm" rivnut tool. Will the mandrels that came with the "strong arm" style tool fit this? I don't want to keep track of two different mandrel sets.

@TheBFHGarage Жыл бұрын

I don't own a strong arm set so I couldn't tell you.

@autotek7930 8 ай бұрын

Which rivnuts are stronger? Stainless or carbon steel? I only got one chance left to install the a pillar lightbar mounts on my xj. The stuff sent with the mounts ruined my a pillar. They were really ill fitting but i figured hey they know what it takes to get em on. I knew better

@TheBFHGarage 8 ай бұрын

I don't think you would see the strength difference in that application. I would lean towards rust prevention....

@jedclampett6466 5 ай бұрын

Encountered this problem yesterday. Trashed four rivnuts trying to install three.

@TheBFHGarage 5 ай бұрын

Using this tool or something else? Details!

@jedclampett6466 5 ай бұрын

@@TheBFHGarage lopper arms...didn't have room

@BT-dl8kq 7 ай бұрын

Is a 3/8 steel rivnut strong enough to hold a 14 gauge unistrut bar for a roof rack on a vehicle that will hold solar racks or would a regular nut and bolt be better?

@TheBFHGarage 7 ай бұрын

That's a good question. The primary benefit of a rivnut is to have threads where you can't access from behind. If you have access and room for a nut, I would go that route.

@gyo911 11 ай бұрын

What would you think would be max material thickness for these rivnuts to still be able to collapse?

@TheBFHGarage 11 ай бұрын

Depends on the rivnut. Look at the description on the box they come in.

@wajihatariq5915 5 ай бұрын

I am interested by this

@markmark5269 8 ай бұрын

I have a manual squeezer and the only reason I would upgrade is if the tool spins itself back out of the rivnut, and this one does not.

@TheBFHGarage 8 ай бұрын

The whole point of the tool is to set the rivnut without turning the threads. This prevents it from stripping out. I do agree it would be nice to have a quick switch setting to have it come back out though.

@MasterFalconer-pv8zb 3 ай бұрын

Would the astro be tough to use in a more confined space?

@TheBFHGarage 3 ай бұрын

When you look at what your other options are, 🤷

@autotek7930 8 ай бұрын

Could you use a 20v impact driver?

@TheBFHGarage 8 ай бұрын

IIRC it requires a drill and an impact creates issues.

@autotek7930 8 ай бұрын

@TheBFHGarage dang. This is getting to be expensive just to mount my lightbar lol. I have a impact driver with the same sized hex and good throttle control. I figured it'll work the same. I'm more than likely gonna try it anyway or just buy a 20v cordless drill. The hardware sent to me with my a pillar lightbar mounts from affordable offroad. They pulled right thru the sheet metal on my a pillar and I'm guessing coz they don't fit too well. I knew better and now I'm paying the price and tbh this the only thing I went cheap on with my build. If all else fails I'll weld up the holes or add another a pillar skin to bring the strength back

@anicetopontillas8121 4 ай бұрын

I used it and the first time the rivet went in fine. But when I did the second one the rivet went to the end but just kept spinning and not collapsing.

@TheBFHGarage 4 ай бұрын

The mandrel needs to be tightened into the tool. That's operator error!

@anicetopontillas8121 4 ай бұрын

I tighten everything and still the same. @@TheBFHGarage

@anicetopontillas8121 4 ай бұрын

I tighten everything and heard noises that sounded like it was strip. Turned out my drill was making the noise when the drill pulles the nutsert as I held the rivet tool..@@TheBFHGarage

@alakans216 3 ай бұрын

does this work for plus-nuts which is a little longer than riv-nuts.

@TheBFHGarage 3 ай бұрын

I'm not 100% sure but it looks like it would.

@theasiamtmgroup 7 ай бұрын

Rivnuts are awesome but I think there are people who are intimidated by them. This tool can make those apprehensions go away.

@MyTubeSVp Жыл бұрын

I have the same one for some months now, very pleased with it! I have been using a similar tool for rivets for years now, and that’s excellent too! kzfaq.infozMNb5VARC4A

@moe2470 5 ай бұрын

One can buy rivnut sets cheap as shit. What nobody tells you about rivnuts is to use never sieze on the bolts you screw into them. If you dont then down the track lots of luck undoing said bolts. Over the years ive had to deal with many spinning rivnuts. That is all.

@dominiqueburtin4697 5 ай бұрын

ça ne fonctionne que très peut de temps ne pas acheter 🥵

@fencefriend Жыл бұрын

The first thing you do... is set the drill to driver mode ...omits details.

@TheBFHGarage Жыл бұрын

Wrong. You don't set it to driver.

@tylerw4593 7 күн бұрын

Is that Obama narrating this video?

@alexperez7635 Жыл бұрын

everything is made in China dude!!

@TheBFHGarage Жыл бұрын

I know..... unfortunately.

@DCigar Жыл бұрын

You sure about that? You’d be wrong

@alfredocuomo1546 5 ай бұрын

In the future you should put a link to the tool you're reviewing in case people would like to acquire it.

@TheBFHGarage 5 ай бұрын

Links tend to die to quickly. Plus not everyone shops at the same place. Prices also change and people like to find the best deal.

@bernardmauge8613 Жыл бұрын

useless and impractical. The stick out with the drill is huge. Useless inside a car or a frame.

@TheBFHGarage Жыл бұрын

🤦🤷💩

@Mike-hb4pc 11 ай бұрын

Yes, but how about a 16" long bolt cutter style? Longer than a drill attachment..... It's a great tool wherever it fits, which is probably most of the time.