Can tell from a photo whether its steel or plastic
No Magic Ball here.

kip"bigtom" wrote in message
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insulating plate? its made of stainless steel.


kip wrote:
Maybe its an insulating plate that goes over the
small PC board to protect from shorting.
It appears to be something along those lines.


kip

"bigtom" wrote in message
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I replaced the belts on a Pioneer KE-8000 car stereo and the part
at the bottom of the photo(thin piece of stainless steel) fell out.
It doesn't appear to do anything but i would like to refit it.


http://community.webshots.com/photo/...60167266AOYBuW