![]() ![]() ![]() I fastened up my bolts and I was good to go. ![]() Don't keep squeezing! These work so smoothly and easily and the handles were still opened quite a bit (they didn't feel like they moved all that much) that I swore the inserts couldn't possibly be set already. Keep in mind, when you pull the handles, the objective is not to get them completely straight or "closed".as soon as the handles won't move anymore with mild squeezing, your rivet nut insert is set and your job is complete. This 16" unit is so very easy to pull, I originally considered a HF model but it's only 10" (and only has a few mandrels with it and it costs the same as this unit) but I knew the extra leverage would be beneficial. I found the insert that best fit my already existing hole so there was no more drilling, found two bolts in my vast hardware stash so I didn't have to buy any at the hardware store and with a quick change to the correct size mandrel, I was ready to go. So, my package was due to arrive today and the winds were battering my gate once again and blew out the brace I had against it to hold it from tearing the top hinge off so this literally arrived just in time. And what's more, the price is hard to beat. This has 15, (YES 15!) mandrels (and inserts), more than any other I found.now I'm pretty well set for anything in the future. So now to decide which one to buy.well there's a lot of similar ones like this unit under different brand names but I'm always willing to spend more to get more so I won't end up regretting not having more later and this one fits the bill. So here we are, I discovered rivet nuts by chance and *BAM*, I knew this was my solution! I may have seen or heard of them before as I'm a regular tool using and accumulating guy, but I don't recall. I went out and drilled a larger hole and bought two new larger bolts but they just didn't thread in properly and so that was the end of that and if I went to the next larger size bolt, the head would've been too large to even get in there to tighten it. The winds here battered my fence and gate over the years and eventually the bolts began getting pulled out on the bottom hinge and the bolts were over tightened which ultimately lead to hole being stripped out and the bolts not holding at all anymore. I have a steel 4x4 fence post with gate hinges bolted to it. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. ![]() We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. ![]()
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