Astro 1442 13" Nut/Thread Hand Riveter Kit

I had to repair the pillar grip of my 2003 Dodge Ram 2500. The fastener had gotten loose and the plastic finally broke completely off. I purchased a special repair kit from eBay but needed to completely replace the loose threaded nut that was factory riveted in the pillar. Removing it left a larger opening than I started with so I couldn't use a conventional nut and I needed a good riveter that was stout enough to use an oversized rivet and small enough to get into the space. This riveter met all my needs and continues to be useful. Since then I have replace all the nylon license plate nuts on my truck bumpers with good stainless steel nuts.

The Astro Pneumatic Tool 1442 13" Hand Rivet Nut Setter Kit is a must-have for DIY enthusiasts and professionals alike. With both Metric and SAE options, this kit comes with 60 high-quality rivnuts, ensuring you're ready for a variety of projects. The ergonomic design of the 13" hand tool allows for precise and easy installation, making it perfect for automotive, construction, and metalworking applications. Whether you're working on small repairs or big builds, this versatile kit has you covered! 🌟

PROS:- This rivet nut setter comes in a nice plastic case with very detailed instructions, written in perfect English.- Includes a very good selection of rivet nuts and the adapters to install them- Works quite well - but I also reviewed several YouTube videos because I have never used this tool before, so a visual guide helped- If you do not have an impact driver, this is the next best tool because the do-it-yourself versions where you use nuts and bolts and spacers look good in the videos but don't work very well if you do manyCONS:- could be a little bit stronger metal, built a little sturdier but for the price it is better than I expected- the instructions disagree on one point: they specify that the tool can be only be used up to a specific rivet nut size but in another section they offer to sell additional sizes of the installation parts to install rivet nuts larger than the size advised.Please see my attached video, where I show how I use this tool!

I've been needing a tool like this for awhile, and always had to borrow my buddy's Marson right-angle type nutsetter. I finally decided to give the Astro kit a try, recognizing that it's Chinese made and might have some issues. I was pleased to see that despite some obvious design/manufacturing problems, it actually works quite well.I can see how some others may have had some problems, so let me give you a couple of tips that I think will help ensure success.First, and I can't emphasize this enough, LUBRICATE THE TOOL BEFORE USE. As it's delivered, it doesn't have a single drop of oil on it, it's completely dry. A drop of heavy oil at each pivot point, and a little light grease on the sliding quill that holds the mandrels makes all the difference in the world. Once lubricated, it takes much less effort to use and pulls more evenly.Second, yes, the handles don't pull evenly. This is due to the fact that the bore through the tool body is at least 1/16 larger diameter than the "pulling bar" that slides through it. Any little angular misalignment there is magnified into a significant offset at the end of the handles. It appears that it doesn't make any real difference, as long as you are aware of it, and try to keep the tool perpendicular to the work. Don't lean it over trying to compensate for this, as you'll set the nutsert crooked.Finally, once lubricated, this tool will provide enough leverage to break itself. You have to feel when the nutsert is fully expanded and stop pulling. If you squeeze those handles until your eyes bug out, you're going to break something. That level of force isn't necessary to accomplish the tool's function, and in fact it's detrimental.Take a workmanlike attitude using this tool and it looks like it will serve you well. Even though I hate buying "cheap" tools I think it was a good value for the money, and knowing what I know now, I'd buy it again.

This is a great tool for the money. Honestly, I had no Idea this even existed. Drill a hole and press in the insert and then you can screw in a bolt? Ha! I have to have this!Long familiar with pop-rivets, I am using this to add off-road accessories, repair old equipment, and otherwise bolt down ornery objects.The tool itself seems decent quality and is up to the task. It took me a few minutes to get the hang of changing the mandrel. The instructions also make clear that you should use the little plastic boxes and keep the mandrels separate and organized so that sizes don't get mixed. Including six common sizes and a collection of inserts, this will get you started. This tool will get light use, but is easy to use and cheap enough to buy for the occasional job. If I were going to use this every day, I'd buy a better one and spend more. For around the home and farm use, it's good.

Great product

I bought a 2001 Astro Cargo Van for a service truck, since the virus business has almost stopped. It doesn't have ladder racks on it and there is no gutter to mount any racks. Who ever had the van had the whole inside covered in plastic floor walls and ceiling and I didn't want to drill through the ceiling and have screws coming through to hit my head on. I was at a lost on how to do it. I carried it to a pro but was told I was looking at an easy thousand bucks. I went to u-tube and typed it in and saw them using bolt rivets, I had never seen that before. I ordered my racks everything came at the same time. I was still worried that the thin tin the bolt rivets would just pull through if I was to rough putting the ladder on top.At first I was worried about the tin roof. but a heavy flat metal bar about a 1/16" thick came for each stand it was meant to be put inside on the ceiling with locking nuts the #8 screws that came was 2" long and would not have reached through the plastic due to the rubber pads that came to be put on the roof.What I did was place the flat metal bar on the roof and marked it for the holes, I placed the bar on a 2 x 4 board drilled a wood screw through one of the holes and two on each side this kelp it from spinning while I drilled, I used a 7/16" drill bit to make the hole big enough for the rivet I drilled the first 7/16" hole on the roof loaded the rivet on the tool put it through the metal bar and roof and pulled the handles together that locked the bar to the roof reinforcing the thin roof metal I used the other hole in the bar as a guide to drill my other hole. Take my word for it that whole roof will come off before that rack will. I used thread lock on the screws.By the way I didn't have my rivet loaded right and it messed up I was sick but it drilled right out so don't worry if you do mess up just use the same bit you drilled the rivet hole with. Good luck.

As advertised. If you dont own one you are missing out on a quality tool.

I had been placing nutserts with the DIY method, using a long nut, and a star washer, etc... Really inexpensive, and it DOES work well. Look it up if you only need to place a few.However, as I was getting into more projects, I found myself placing more and more nutserts/rivnuts and was wasting time with that method, since it is fairly slow. I also found that it was more than a little finicky trying to place small 5mm nutserts as the DIY tool is pretty tiny, and the threads (0.8 pitch) are quite fine, and getting good hardness bolts to do the job is a pain.I bought this tool because I recognize the Astro Pneumatic name from other places, and because they are at least based in North America. I own plenty of tools from overseas, to be fair, but I also know some people who bought some of the less expensive nutsert tools which ended up snapping/stripping mandrels right away. Since almost all of the nutserts I have used in the past have been either 5mm or 6mm, I figured this tool should cover me for most of what I'm doing, and I really wasn't missing out not having a 3mm or 4mm mandrel.Package arrived next day, and I put it to work immediately placing a few 5mm nutsert. Holy smokes, it is soooo much faster than the DIY method I have been using, and the results are great. Tool seems well made, and changing the mandrels is fast and easy, no tools needed. Carrying case is a nice touch, and each mandrel comes in it's own little case.I've only used it the one day in the garage, but did place a pile of nutserts, and even used it to snug up a few of the ones I had previously placed but wasn't terribly confident about.... I can't speak to the $60-80 kits that are available, but givent the build quality of this tool, what I have heard about their customer service, and the availability of different mandrel kits if you need + replacement parts for the mandrels that come with it, I wouldn't hesitate to buy it again.

Muss sagen, es macht was es soll und ist sehr robust gefertigt. Habe einige Nieten damit verbaut und obwohl der Preis so günstig war, sehe ich keine Verschleisserscheinungen. Was mir aber bei einigen aufgefallen ist, ist die Tatsache das wenn die Nieten schon verpresst sind der Schraubkopf noch einmal runtergedreht wird und nochmal versucht wird die Niete nachzupressen was aber nicht mehr geht da die Klemmung der Niete am Anschlag ist. Das dann das Gewinde des Dorns irgendwann nachgibt ist klar.Oder wie der Handwerker sagen würde: Nach fest kommt ab.

Una herramienta de excelente calidad.Fácil de utilizar y manipular.Cumplió mis expectativas.Me fué de gran utilidad en el trabajo que realicé con ella.

Reliable

Hat seinen Zweck vollkommen erfüllt.Ich hatte bedenken bei dem niedrigem Preis.Angenehm überrascht