If you are replacing a handle on a UWS box, this is the fastener that holds it in. UWS rivets its handles into the door panel rather than bolting them, so a handle swap means drilling out the originals and setting new ones. This is the genuine 3/16" replacement in gloss black, which is the finish that disappears against a black powder-coated box. The same rivet also holds the UWS logo badge on. One rivet is included per package, so count the holes on the part you are fitting and order accordingly, because a handle takes several.
What's Included:
- One UWS 3/16" black rivet
Features
3/16" Diameter, the UWS Handle Standard
This is the size UWS uses across its handle hardware, so it suits the pull handles, the paddle handles and the Secure Lock handle alike. You are matching a standard, not a part number.
Gloss Black Powder Coat
The black finish is there so the fastener vanishes on a black box instead of leaving a ring of bright metal dots around a new handle. On a bright aluminum box the plain finish is the better cosmetic match.
Aluminum Body
An aluminum rivet in an aluminum panel avoids the galvanic corrosion you get when you mix a steel fastener into an aluminum door and then park it in road salt for a decade.
Sold Singly, So You Buy What You Need
One rivet per package. UWS is explicit that more than one is usually required for a complete installation, so work out your count from the part you are fitting before you order.
Fitment & Compatibility
| Application |
Fit |
| UWS tool box handle installations |
✓ Yes, this is the fastener UWS specifies |
| UWS logo badge mounting |
✓ Yes, uwsta lists badge mounting as a use |
| Black powder-coated UWS boxes |
✓ Yes, the gloss black finish is the cosmetic match |
| Bright aluminum UWS boxes |
● It fits, but a black rivet head will be visible against bright aluminum |
Fit guidance: UWS describes this rivet as compatible with most of its handle types and also usable for a UWS logo badge, at 3/16" diameter. One rivet comes per package and UWS notes that more may be necessary for a complete installation, so count the mounting holes on your handle first. Setting these needs a rivet gun; there is no way to fit a blind rivet properly without one.
Specifications
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Part Number: 003-RIVET-BLK
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Type: Blind rivet
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Diameter: 3/16"
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Material: Aluminum
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Finish: Gloss black powder coat
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Use: UWS handle hardware and logo badges
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Quantity: One rivet
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Country of Origin: Taiwan
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UPC: 672078079884
Installation
Type: Blind rivet, set with a rivet gun through the handle and door panel · Time: A few minutes per rivet · Tools: Rivet gun and a drill bit sized to the rivet shank · Difficulty: Easy with a rivet gun, not possible without one
Drill out the old rivet with a bit matched to its shank, taking care not to enlarge the hole in the door panel, then clear the swarf out of the box. Hold the handle firmly against the panel while you set each rivet, because a gap left at this stage becomes a rattle later. Work around the pattern rather than setting adjacent rivets in sequence, the same way you would tighten a wheel, so the part pulls down evenly.
Warranty, Shipping & Returns
Warranty. Supplied as a genuine UWS service part. Fasteners are consumable; no separate warranty term is published by UWS for this item.
Free shipping. This item ships free to the lower 48 states and typically arrives in 3 to 7 business days.
Inspect on delivery. Please inspect your order on arrival. If anything is damaged or missing, contact us right away and we will make it right.
About UWS
UWS has been building aluminum truck storage since 1997 and is now part of the CURT Group under Lippert, alongside CURT towing products and Luverne steps. Its tool boxes are built from heavy-wall aluminum with fully welded seams, a patented RigidCore foam-filled lid and MicroSeal weather stripping, and they are supported by a service-parts program that keeps accessories and replacement hardware available long after a box is sold.
Accessories like this one are part of that same system. UWS designs its trays, hardware kits and organizers around the internal rails and mounting patterns its boxes already have, so they drop into place without drilling, cutting or improvising a bracket. Buying the matching UWS part instead of a generic one is the difference between something that sits where you put it and something that slides around in the bed.
Prestige Truck is an authorized UWS dealer. This is a genuine UWS part, shipped new and covered by the UWS factory warranty.
