I took apart a car door mirror to free up the spring loading. I found it was
all rusted up, so had to butcher it. The spring is held captive by a fixing
I have seen before, but can't think of the name, to order replacements....

It is commonly used to retain a spindle by pushing it onto the end. It looks
like a domed washer, with the internal hole cut outwards radially a number
ot times, so creating tines. As it is pushed over a spindle (in this case)
the tines drop into a groove, under slight spring, so preventing it going
back the other way.

If it still can't be identified, I will take a picture of the butchered one.



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Andy Luckman (AJL Electronics) wrote:
I took apart a car door mirror to free up the spring loading. I found
it was all rusted up, so had to butcher it. The spring is held
captive by a fixing I have seen before, but can't think of the name,
to order replacements....

Star washer? http://www.bakfin.com/terminology.html


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www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

On Fri, 3 Apr 2009 08:24:51 +0100, "Andy Luckman (AJL Electronics)"
wrote:


I took apart a car door mirror to free up the spring loading. I found it was
all rusted up, so had to butcher it. The spring is held captive by a fixing
I have seen before, but can't think of the name, to order replacements....

http://www.bakfin.com/ Starlock fastener (copied from Adrian C's post
on a similar question some days ago)

In article ,
The Medway Handyman wrote:
Andy Luckman (AJL Electronics) wrote:

but can't think of the name,
to order replacements....

Star washer? http://www.bakfin.com/terminology.html

Excellent, many thanks to you and Peter for the fast and efficient service!

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http://www.classicmicrocars.co.uk : http://www.ajlelectronics.co.uk