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Default Towbar mounted bike rack problem

On 05/06/2021 22:27, Rod Speed wrote:



Changing the subject slightly, if you use the type of Rivnut tool that
uses a cap head screw rotating in the nut to provide the tension that
collapses the gripping part,


Gotta picture of that ?

Sadly, not without fishing mine out and taking a picture. I've lost its
leaflet, and have forgotten the name of the manufacturer. Mine is a sort
of variant of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXxWOxz-Wag

but it does use the threads in the rivnut to do the jacking.

Otherwise Google seems dominated by pliers and lazy tongs types.

There is another very compact type that uses a wedge to apply the strain.

https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catal...vetnuttool.php