What are they called?

they are designed to slide

found in mass produced

I know what you mean and have used loads of them - but I dont know what they're called ... sorry

Regards

Rick said the following on 30/11/2005 11:34:

are designed to slide

in mass produced

Spiderfixes

see:

are designed to slide

in mass produced

BRILLIANT....

Many thanks. I have been trying all sorts of combinations of washer, clip and spring steel on Google, but had no result.

Again, Many Thanks

Rick... (The other Rick)

Radiospares call them "Push-on Retaining Fixings", which doesn't sound like the name I can't remember.

are designed to slide

in mass produced

"push-nuts" in the motor trade, often found lurking behind bits of facia & trim.

External circlips maybe?

Phil

designed to slide

in mass produced

Many thanks to all who have replied. I now know what to get and where from...

Thanks again.. Rick... (The other Rick)

They're also sometimes called "Starlock washers" - see

Henry

There actually called... "toothed locking washers".

-- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

The sort of thing that goes either side of a sheet metal edge to give a stronger fixing using a self tapping screw and give a degree of adjustability? Common on cars?

If you only want a few, Halfords do them in one of their 'assorted fixings' boxes.

I realised soon after posting that I was wrong. ;-) But I've a feeling they have a name too. A captive nut suggests something a bolt goes into rather than a self tapper.

I thought they were called spire clips?

Dave Plowman (News) said the following on 30/11/2005 19:23:

are designed to slide

in mass produced

The generic term is push-on fastener, a brand name that everyone knows is Starlock.

They are.

steel bent to a U shape and clip over a sheet metal edge.

on a similar note ... I've seen reference to a special type of threaded nut, used for quick fastening & unfastening on lengths of studding. The idea is that with a bit of juicious ... tilting, pressing, or whatever, you can slide the nut down most of the length of the studding. Then for the last centimetre or so you tighten it up normally. I'm sure they don't have the full strength of normal nuts but this would be OK for the application I have in mind.

Any clues as to what these are called & where I might find some?

Ta Jon N

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That's a spire nut, innit? (Spire being one of those proprietary names that's acquired generic status.)