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Drive Tool For E-Z LOK Threaded Inserts
The E-Z LOK Threaded Insert Drive Tool speeds up the installation of threaded inserts without engaging internal threads. Quickly insert threaded inserts for metal with this optional threaded insert installation tool without time-consuming thread engagement. A standard shaft allows for the use of this threaded insert drill tool with standard power drills and drill presses.
Speeds High Volume Installation
Quickly drives in threaded inserts. Installation is easy. Simply drill a hole with a standard drill. Thread an E-Z LOK thread insert into place with this optional drive tool.
Features
- Quickly installs threaded inserts
- Use with E-Z LOK solid wall threaded inserts for metal
- Fits standard power drills and drill presses
Knotty Tom
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2025
I have used these drivers with the tabs, with good success. HOWEVER, I will offer some tips for great success. After drilling the recommended size pilot hole you have to chamfer the top of the hole to the OD of the insert. This allows easy centered entry and eliminates the top of the wood from puckering up upon completion. Friction between the wood and the insert is what strips the tabs on the driver and ruins the insert. Eliminate it! I saturate the hole in the wood with mineral oil (baby oil is the exact same thing) by filling it up and letting it soak...the longer the better. It won't hurt a thing. Lubricate the insert with bar soap, paraffin, paste wax or something. These inserts will go into hard maple like it was Balsa wood. I feel the drivers without the tabs work quite a bit better and won't accidentally ruin your insert should you fail to continuously apply sufficient pressure while driving the insert in. A bolt with 2 nuts locked together works well, just make sure you leave a space between the nuts and the head of the bolt if you have to un-jam the nuts.
JR
Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2024
I love these EZ Lok drivers. The tool drives the threaded insert to a proper depth and disengages automatically. This is much better than using a screwdriver (you have to be careful to get the depth right) - especially when using a power driver. Makes the work quick and accurate.But it is important to use the propper size driver for the insert you are using - that why I bought three of these in different sizes.
hiddenword
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2024
This has made installing threaded inserts so much easier. I used to do some other options with double nuts on a bolt - but I am mad I didn't buy this earlier because it is so much simpler and was not expensive at all. Absolutely would buy if doing anything with threaded inserts. It will make your project go much smoother.
PK
Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2024
I have a 3/8" by 1/2" thread insert but couldn't screw it in fully. I initially used a nickel (5¢ piece) which fit the slot but bent. Using the proper tool, this tool, for the job I managed to get the insert 90+% installed. Then nibbled the lip off. Chase the threads again and my insert worked great. It would have been easier to start with the proper tool.
Don
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2024
This tool was well thought out. Besides having the ears for driving the inserts in, they thought to have a small ball at the end that holds the insert in place on the tool so that you aren't having to fight to get the insert started, plus it won't slip off the tool as you reach to get it into tight locations. Once the insert is in place, the tool slips right out.
Willilam B.
Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2023
I have used EZ Lok threaded inserts for many years and have always put off buying the drive tool. Major mistake. This drive tool makes it simple, fast, and accurate to install the threaded inserts. Always use the correct drill size and use an 82 degree counterbore to slightly cut the surface around the top of the hole. This way the insert will not pull up the wood fibers when installing.
A.S.
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2023
Not sturdy. One of the two 'knife blades' chipped off on the very first fastener I tried to insert. The concept is great, but the product unfortunately isn't.The inserts are great... but they are a pain in the butt to install without this tool.
Marie Wagner
Reviewed in Canada on December 18, 2022
dhbcifuoev0
Reviewed in Canada on January 21, 2021
Makes installation of the threaded inserts much easier.
George N. Lawrence
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2020
Although only the E-Z Lok numbers are mentioned, I found this 500-5 to work very well with the Hellman 3021 3/8-16 brass threaded insert. Note there are tabs on either side of the 500-5 that have to fit into the slots of the insert. The slots of many threaded inserts are too narrow for these tabs. But slots of the Hellman 3021 are wide and work very well. Assuming you are wiling to lay out about $2 per 3/8 insert, the Hillman is, in my opinion, the strongest insert and is great for both soft wood and hard wood. The 3/8 inch Hillman is almost an inch in length and should have a higher pull-out force in soft wood than shorter inserts and also work fine in hard wood (if you have the length available). An additional advantage is that brass inserts have noticeably less friction than steel inserts.I can drive the 500-5 straight using my impact drill and can extract the insert with the same tool provided I keep firm downward pressure.The only limitation to this 500-5 is its OD is larger than the 15/32 inch hole Hillman recommends and I have to stop when the insert is flush.I like to drive the Hillman insert a bit below flush for optimum strength. The T-handle hand tool that Hillman sells for about $7 has an OD smaller than 15/32 and can drive the insert below flush with a turn or two at the end and extract a sub-flush insert back to flush with the same tool. My impact drill with the 500-5 can start up and finish the job outside of flush.I also bought the 500-4 which works well with the 5/16 inch Hillman inserts, but the 5/16 inch Hillman is a lot shorter than the 3/8 Hillman so I kept to the 3/8 inch Hillman and coughed up the money.
Ideal Gear & Machine Works.Ltd.
Reviewed in Canada on November 19, 2019
Good quality. Exactly what we expected.
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