[VAL] Riv-nuts are an answer

["Fred Coldwell" <agrijeep@xxxxxxxxx>]

Patti:

    Herb's excellent riv-nut suggestion can be combined with my approach 
for a much stronger mount.  Here's how.

    Instead of using 4 pan head sheet metal screws going into 4 new 
holes drilled in your inside wall, as I suggested, you can install a 
threaded riv-nut in each of the 4 locations.   Thread a small hex head 
bolt (having the same thread count and pitch as the riv-nut) into each 
riv-nut.  These threaded bolts in the riv-nuts can be adjusted in and 
out much more precisely than can the sheet metal screws I suggested, 
resulting in a tighter and more secure mount.

    Make the keyholes as I described in the back of the magazine rack 
side but now to fit the hex head bolts that go into the riv-nuts.

    In other words, use the riv-nuts to hold the small hex head bolts 
onto which the keyholes mount.

    Herb's suggestion is a great improvement over my initial approach.
But buy and have on hand all the parts before you begin the project.

    Disclaimer: I have not yet used riv-nuts in my trailer, so I may not 
be accurately describing the type of bolt that screws into them.  But I 
imagine a small hex head bolt can be found which will thread into a 
riv-nut.


Fred C.