[6pack] Mystery part

[Michael Porter]

ed wrote:
> Bob:
>
> That is a retaining clip.  It is used to hold something round in 
> place, which is inserted through a hole, and the clip fits in a pair 
> of grooves to hold it against the sheet metal.  I might make a wild 
> guess at it being a trunk lock retainer clip.
>

Ed, how well would it work as a spring clip if it were 1/8" thick, as 
Bob says? Most spring retainer clips of the type you describe that I've 
seen are nominally around 1/32" thick, and typically have the ears bent 
at the bottom to hold the clip in place.


Looks a lot more like some sort of suspension alignment shim, given the 
shape and the thickness.  Doesn't mean that it couldn't be some sort of 
spacer to enable the use of a lock different from the original 
production design because of purchasing problems during production, but, 
a retaining clip it's not, simply because, at that thickness, the amount 
of force required to get it to deform during installation would make it 
virtually useless.


Cheers.

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Michael Porter
Roswell, NM


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