TM 10-5411-235-13
DIRECT SUPPORT MAINTENANCE-GENERAL RIVNUT REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION
PROCEDURES
0029 00
1. Installation
NOTE
When installing new rivnuts in the same location as a
rivnut that has been removed, use the next larger diameter
rivnut for replacement if diameter of the hole in the
structure was enlarged during removal.
Determine thread size, grip range, style, and material of rivnut to be used. Grip length equals
combined thickness of materials being fastened together. Grip range of rivnuts must encompass
grip length.
PULLUP STUD
THREADED INTO
RIVNUT
GRIP
LENGTH
PROPERLY
FLAT HEAD
COUNTERSINK
INSTALLED
RIVNUT INSERTED
HEAD RIVNUT
RIVNUT
IN DRILLED HOLE
INSERTED IN
DRILLED HOLE
0029 00-2
