Rivet Nuts? How big is too big?

[Ketzer]

I just put in 6 rivet nuts for exhaust hangers. I've had good luck with them for years. Proper installation is important: here's the best tool for the home shop that I've found. And I've tried a lot of them:

I tried to read up on the different tools after seeing this thread. It seems the only consistently positive review was on a set of $150 "pliers". They only come with one size head and you would need to buy the other sizes separately. The pliers look to be pretty big, great if you are manufacturing on the workbench, a beotch if you are trying to work around an assembled piece or in/on a car.



John's tip seems perfect. For less than the price of the long pliers and one size head, I could buy several different sizes of this tool and then use whatever combination of wrenches/ratchets I need to in order to fit the space I'm working in. The pliers might be a little faster for production, but like he says, for home use I'm buying a few of these.
Thanks John!


Jeff-