[Robotgroup] Part Removal/Identification help...?

[Don Colbath]

Yep, it's sacrificial all right.  I have however re-used them many 
times.  You just need about five friends with jeweler's screwdrivers or 
a friend with five hands to pry it off.  You can then flatten it a bit 
with a vice and reuse it.  We use the tree legged variety in my work.

Don

Vern Graner wrote:

>Ok, a guy I work with brought in the sun viser from his car and showed 
>it to me. He needs to remove this fastener and he can't find a way to do 
>it. picture's of the fastener are here:
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>http://www.notepad.org/mercedes/merc1.jpg
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>http://www.notepad.org/mercedes/merc2.jpg
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>its the black "star" shaped thing in the center of the cream colored 
>arm. It seems to be a "one way" type clip, designed to go down the shaft 
>till it hits an "indent" into which it "snaps".
>
>This fastener keeps the pressure on that hinge to hold the visor in 
>place. He needs to remove this clip, thread the visor through the new 
>bracket (the original one was broken) and then put the fastener back on.
>
>Does anyone have any idea what this type fastener is called or if there 
>is a tool/method that can be used to remove/reapply it..?
>
>Looking at its "one way" type design.. is it possibly "sacrificial" in 
>nature.. i.e. it has to be replaced after being broken by removal?
>
>Vern
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