Jul. 21st, 2021

kaberett: Photo of a pile of old leather-bound books. (books)
I have a pair of anvil secateurs (see Felco explanation) with a ratchet mechanism. I am pretty sure their spring has gone. I therefore want to take them apart and replace the spring; so far so good.

However. None of the guides, or indeed spares kits, I have been able to find... actually include A Key Part, the name of which I do not know and have thus far failed to generate a competent search term for. Ordinarily I'd bimble down to the local Screwfix (or indeed drop by Mackay's next time I'm in Cambridge) and ask for advice, but, well.

a photograph of the inside of the hinge of a pair of secateurs


The point of contention is the wee black ?flanged ?washer in the centre of the image, at the top of the silver-black-silver sandwich. It's holding a pin in place (by dint of the pin having a slightly broader end to its shaft). I am capable of using calipers to work out what size I need, but I've tried variants on "retaining clip" and "flanged" and "washer" and even "circlip" (which is an entirely different thing) and have got nowhere.

I would be extremely grateful to be told its True Name!

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