Threshold Plastic Rivet Suggestions Options

[Literati914]

I bought a set of the plastic expanding "push" rivets from 914rubber - and they're a bit of a nightmare TBH. Their pins are wayyy too tight as they come, and my install ratio keep decreasing. Pins will not turn by hand or otherwise, and mostly just end up breaking when trying to tap them in. Anyone got suggestions for working with these?

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[Literati914]

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Super clean the holes out.?

I could get the rivets in the holes just fine, the soft flimsy pins though will mostly give before they'd move and not move at all. They're too tight leaving you with a destroyed rivet. And that's tapping very gently with a smallish cobbler's hammer (learned after the first one that soft coaxing would be needed). I was successful on two of the six that I tried. Hopefully you guys have better luck!

I recently bought a set from 914 and they were very soft plastic and there was no way I could insert them. Found some in McMaster that will work but will require slightly larger holes.

The McMaster ones are very close dimensionally and in appearance to the original just slighty larger.

I'm gonna look over there - Thanks!