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Rob,
Soft rivets are fine for nut plates.  The rivets keep the nut plate
from spinning and can handle more torque than the screw/bolt can
transfer to the nut plate. The bolt/screw will break long before the
rivets.  Try it out.  Rivet a nut plate to a piece of aluminum you can
hold in a vise then over-tighten the bolt until it breaks.   Chris Zavatson
L360std
N91CZ

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