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A Rivnut can be installed with a bolt and a nut. The bolt with the nut on it is inserted into the Rivnut until the threads of the bolt are past the small end of the Rivnut. Then this assembly is inserted into the hole. Then you simply make sure the Rivnut is tight against the part it's going into and you tighten the nut against the Rivnut. That expands the part of the Rivnut that's inside the tube. Once it's really tight you back off the nut a bit and then remove the bolt and nut.
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