I couldn't understand how they would hold. Your demonstration was perfect!

This is a fantastic video. Short, to the point, and extremely informative and illustrative. Thank you!

@KayakhacksFishing

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Great video, just what i needed to finish my project

@KayakhacksFishing

Ай бұрын

Glad I could help!

Damnit Bobby I was confused about well nuts, kayaks and kayak accessories but this helped. Thank you

Thanks! There are two on the back of my sailboat. Two well nuts and two ss wood screws that hold the motor mount on. I did not know what to call them until your video.

Thanks for all your help

Well spoken, thanks for the demo.

Thanks a lot for the short and to the point video!!! Greatly appreciated! Greetings from France!

@KayakhacksFishing

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Bonjour!

Thanks,, I will using well nuts on my kayak anchor install.

Great video! Thank you!

This is freaking awesome!! Just found out about them today, because I plan to install a body kit on my car (unfortunately I’m not much of a boat person). I was going to originally use RivNuts but these are so much better for my application. 👍👌👌

@rikitikimasala

4 ай бұрын

Literally same, any update? Did it go well? I'm looking to install my maxton design kits in a few weeks from now, using these as well. Any tips would be appreciated

Direct to the point instructional video.. thank you!

@KayakhacksFishing

2 ай бұрын

You bet!

Always with good info

Thank you. Very useful and timely.

@KayakhacksFishing

9 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you kind sir. Just the info I needed.

@KayakhacksFishing

9 ай бұрын

Glad to help

excellent video; concise and informative.

@KayakhacksFishing

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Awesome Job!! Well Done!!

@KayakhacksFishing

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great info as always ....set the hook brother

Great info - many thanks

@KayakhacksFishing

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks for the information

@KayakhacksFishing

8 ай бұрын

My pleasure

Great video thanks!

@KayakhacksFishing

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Nice Video!

Thank you for sharing .... I recently purchased a 'rivnut' or 'nutsert' crimping tool, along with a couple of assortment kits of rivnuts .... Then, I heard or read of 'plus nuts', which I haven't yet purchased to keep on hand .... Then lo and behold, yet another one popped up, this one named 'jack nuts' ..... And then a few minutes ago, I stumbled on another priduct I wasnt aware of called 'well nuts'. Needless to say, they all seem to have useful purposes. I do see how these well nuts can actually be the only practical item to use whenever a watertight fastener is needed. I had wondered how to install an expandable nut, when it's imperative to seal out moisture etc. I had thought about using RTV sealants, putting it into the hole prior to inserting the fastener. Without ever having used a well nut, I'm thinking this is one amazing product! Thank you again for posting!

@KayakhacksFishing

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for educating me on all the different types!

Excellent, thank you very much

@KayakhacksFishing

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

Thank you. I've been considering rivets but this might be a better option.

@KayakhacksFishing

3 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help

Good one.

Short and simple. I'm actually mounting something to my Jeep and it came with a well nut option but the problem is they send you the well nuts already threaded together a little bit but they're threaded opposite of how you actually install them. That's why I was confused. I appreciate your video

ACK used well nuts to attach the the bar for the Hobie sidekicks. They said not to lift the kayak by the bar. Hobie suggested to tighten by hand after starting the well nut with a drill. It's been five years, and they are still tight. I've encountered a couple of good sized waves.

Good video, but would have liked to seen a close up of weld nut . attach, Handles , track tubing, one more thing to put on the hunt list👍

@KayakhacksFishing

4 жыл бұрын

Will do!

Great vid, Steve. When I first started fitting out my kayak I knew well-nuts would be perfect in many applications. Watched a few vids where guys were using silicone sealant with their well-nuts. My question was why? The well-nut doesn’t need it. Besides...I don’t think much sticks to HDPE2.

@KayakhacksFishing

4 жыл бұрын

Right. The real question is how much stress a well nut can take. I need to look at that.

@stewartmainville303

4 жыл бұрын

I think there’d be enough rubber not to tear easily. Pretty sure the plastic on thinner hulls would tear before the well-nut failed?

@wolfman231

4 жыл бұрын

@@stewartmainville303 maybe add a stainless steel fender washer as a backer, if the hole is accessible from the inside?

Cool!

Спасибо!

I just ordered a pack of 12 of the correct size I need and looks like they work similar to the nuts I inserted in the frame of my old 1991 wrangler! But my concern is , if you can pop them out! Will they work for installing my kayak seat and hold

@KayakhacksFishing

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, you can drill them out. Rivets are stronger than well nuts, but bolting is best if you can reach.

Great info! I’m looking to remove the geartrack that came with my kayak and replace with a different, longer type. Can I re-install using the original screwed holes if I use a well nut?

@KayakhacksFishing

Жыл бұрын

You should be able to do that since you have to drill a larger hole to insert the rubber part of the wellnut

@fishingfootballfishing1704

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad I found your channel. I’m a subscriber now. Going back over your past videos now.

@KayakhacksFishing

Жыл бұрын

@@fishingfootballfishing1704 lol! There are around 700 of them!

When you can't see the other side, how do you know when the rubber is fully compressed, so you don't overtighten? I'm considering using these to mount a bracket to a carbon fiber sailboat mast. How much longer than the thickness of the material they are mounted in should they be? Thanks!

@KayakhacksFishing

2 жыл бұрын

To figure out the length of the screw, add the thickness of the material, the length of the rubber and the thickness of whatever you are attaching. To that, I would had at least 1/4 inch. No need to use a lot of force. Once the screw is in firmly, you are good to go.

Thanks! Quick and to the point.

If you're using a well nut in an area where the screw or bolt extends down into the cockpit of your kayak, should you cut off the extending part? I'm guessing that if the well nut is reusable, that a new screw could be purchased if you need to recycle it.

@KayakhacksFishing

2 жыл бұрын

I would only cut it off it got in the way of something. Better to just use a shorter screw. The well nut screws are standard.

Medium welldone

I took your advice and bought well nuts but the rubber does not flare out as the one you displayed. Should I try a different brand?

@KayakhacksFishing

Жыл бұрын

That is odd. Check two things - is the screw long enough and are you tightening it all the way. You can check to see if the flare happens by just holding it and screwing it. If it does not flare, then it is defective.

I had the lower wellnuts pull out of my windshield on my Suzuki Burgman. Could it be that I just didnt have them tight enough?. They looked tight. It happend while I was riding. Fortunately, I didn't lose the windshield because the top ones held, but I drove home at 20mph. Any advise? and yes they were OEM.

@KayakhacksFishing

10 ай бұрын

Hard to say. It could have been that they were either loose or defective

that thing is kind of like a rubber riv nut ? great video -- thanks

@KayakhacksFishing

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

are well nuts strong enough for adding carry handles to the back of the kayak? i can't use washer/locking nut due to no access.

@KayakhacksFishing

2 жыл бұрын

It depends on how heavy the kayak is. I think Tri-Grip rivets would be a better choice.

Presumably, you could repair the hole by just using a washer and doing the wellnut up against that?

@KayakhacksFishing

Жыл бұрын

I think that would work. But, it is easy enough to use heat. In an emergency, you could always do this - kzread.info/dash/bejne/X56h1rhmoc6vobg.html

@iamaparanoidandroid1

Жыл бұрын

@@KayakhacksFishing thanks. I'm actually here to look at how they should be used as my motorbike windscreen is held on with them and the previous owner had put the wellnut through both the screen and the substrate so it wasn't long enough to actually grab. Verily helpful video. Thanks.

@KayakhacksFishing

Жыл бұрын

@@iamaparanoidandroid1 Washers will work to increase grab. Good luck!

Which is the best well nuts 4m,5m or 6m? For adding kayak rails?

@KayakhacksFishing

2 жыл бұрын

I used the M5s since I wanted the head of the screw to be flush with the track - amzn.to/38LUfUf

A little off topic, but I am thinking this could also be used for mounting things to the top of an RV. We already know the thickness of the plywood under the rubber rolled roof. This would seal from the back of the wood, however, we would also need to seal from the front of the wood, are there special screws or washers or sealant we could/should consider to water seal both sides of the hole we are creating?

@KayakhacksFishing

3 жыл бұрын

For boats, people use silicone marine sealant to make certain there are no leaks. You could give it a try, but I am not competent to advice on RVs. Here is what boaters use - amzn.to/3p7g6ct

@KimberlyCoxe

3 жыл бұрын

@@KayakhacksFishing thank you. While an RV doesn’t need to float, they are made with really thin plywood and any water that can get in will rot the RV and then is very expensive to repair. You are right on. There are a few sealants just like that which we can use. Wasn’t sure if this was the same for boats. Or if the well nut somehow sealed both sides. Still considering this as one option.

@KayakhacksFishing

3 жыл бұрын

@@KimberlyCoxe My experience with the well nuts is that if you make the hole the right size (I like going 1/32 smaller), then it seals well.

@Jim-ei2iv

2 жыл бұрын

@@KimberlyCoxe One trick we used with balsa cored decks (same issue) is that we drill the hole a bit wide and dig out the core. We then tape the bottom, fill it with epoxy, let it harden and redrill. Now, if whatever we insert (like a screw) leaks the leak does not get to the wood. You could do something similar by not drilling all the way through the plywood.

Do you have to use Teflon tape on the screw threads?

@KayakhacksFishing

Жыл бұрын

Interesting idea. I have not heard of anyone using that approach. They grip pretty well and the rubber makes a good seal.

Please do a hack on how to fix a hole you drilled. Both when you can and when you can't reach the inside of your kayak. Will epoxy work or that might warp the material around it?

@KayakhacksFishing

4 жыл бұрын

Epoxy will not work on the material kayaks are made of. I’ll do a video on how to fix one of these holes

@FrankLadd

4 жыл бұрын

@@KayakhacksFishing One way to fix it is to fill the hole with a wellnut and a bolt ;)

@patrickdolan.

2 жыл бұрын

I fill all my old mounting holes with wellnuts. Makes everything look better

What is the easiest way to determine the thickness of the material of a SOT kayak with no other access to the inside aside from the drain plug at the back? Do you think it's a safe bet that it's 5mm or less? The 20mm length on Amazon says grip range of .5mm to 5mm but the 25mm length starts at a whopping 8mm... I used trifold rivets on my sit-in kayak but I'm convinced well nuts are the way to go for a SOT.

@KayakhacksFishing

2 ай бұрын

You can send a note to the manufacturer customer support and ask. Another option is to open a hatch - there will be an edge there and you can measure directly.

@SeahawksFTW2014

Ай бұрын

Sadly there is no hatch on a Pelican Sentinel 100x Angler edition. The only access whatsoever to the interior of the hull is the half inch drain hole and I suspect the thickness isn't uniform. I hadn't considered emailing Pelican about this particular issue and think that might be the way to go. I appreciate the tip!

@KayakhacksFishing

Ай бұрын

@@SeahawksFTW2014 Thanks for the insight on that kayak!

What if your well nut won’t bulge? After I screw it in, I can just pull it back out by hand.

@KayakhacksFishing

3 жыл бұрын

If you can pull it out, the hole is too large. Try the next size up on the well nut

Who carries these well nuts? I heard Lowe’s on the video but where else?

@KayakhacksFishing

4 жыл бұрын

Amazon has a good selection - amzn.to/39b8nBo

@xmatador9996

3 жыл бұрын

I'm with Daniel. It looks like well nuts are not very common. HD and Lowe's carry 2 or 3 different sizes only and have a few in stock of each at my local stores.

We called these rivnuts in the 70s

👍😎

you sound like hank hill

@KayakhacksFishing

3 жыл бұрын

Funny... many people say that!

Well Nuts.. better than ill nuts!

Amazon has all sorts, but boy, the reviews are all over the place. Complaints of pulling out, recommending the wrong-size drill bits, etc. Seems to me the problems would mostly be using a too-large drill bit.

@KayakhacksFishing

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. When I install these, I compare them to my drill bits and pick the next size smaller. I use a little soap to squeeze them in. If that does not work, I move up a size. Better tight!

So, a well nut is sort of a rubber rivet!

@KayakhacksFishing

4 жыл бұрын

Yep