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<blockquote data-quote="DaleH" data-source="post: 449736" data-attributes="member: 15636"><p>Rivnuts - if aluminum - IMHO aren’t strong enough to hold a cleat worth holding your boat with ...</p><p></p><p>A cleat is a high strength item, sometimes a safety item (towing, anchoring to avoid a bigger issue etc.) subject to tremendous shear stresses! I’d only through-bolt them, with backing plates and using SS hardware. Put adhesive-lined heatshrink or el-tape over the bolt body where the SS fastener pieces thru the tin and if your backing plate is metal, put nylon washers or more el-tape under the SS washer before the nut.</p><p></p><p>Never put SS fasteners or hardware in direct contact with aluminum, or the galvanic corrosion will eat away at the tin ... made 10X worse if/when boating in the salt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaleH, post: 449736, member: 15636"] Rivnuts - if aluminum - IMHO aren’t strong enough to hold a cleat worth holding your boat with ... A cleat is a high strength item, sometimes a safety item (towing, anchoring to avoid a bigger issue etc.) subject to tremendous shear stresses! I’d only through-bolt them, with backing plates and using SS hardware. Put adhesive-lined heatshrink or el-tape over the bolt body where the SS fastener pieces thru the tin and if your backing plate is metal, put nylon washers or more el-tape under the SS washer before the nut. Never put SS fasteners or hardware in direct contact with aluminum, or the galvanic corrosion will eat away at the tin ... made 10X worse if/when boating in the salt. [/QUOTE]
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