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There's no way on God's earth you're ever going to find that part for sale separately, even if you could find out what it's called. Down to the breakers to buy an entire used vent assembly, or make your own replacement arm thing by riveting the little round plastic ***** to a suitably sized and shaped piece of light metal.
There's no way on God's earth you're ever going to find that part for sale separately, even if you could find out what it's called. Down to the breakers to buy an entire used vent assembly, or make your own replacement arm thing by riveting the little round plastic ***** to a suitably sized and shaped piece of light metal.
lol .. sounds like a challenge, the unit is £35 .. I don't want to pay £35 for such a tiny piece of plastic
Splint it with a bit of plastic, rough the surfaces with flatting paper for a good key and use a industrial strength epoxy.
Araldite will do it, but the 5 min sets s bit too quick, and the slow expoxy takes too long and it's a bit runny so it slumps and thins in the areas you want strength.
I've got some 7min expoxy at work in a syringe at work; it's semi-flexible, sets quick but not too quick (full strength in 24hrs), and bloody strong. It's made by Kent, called quick epoxy IIRC.
Loctite will do a similar epoxy, and will be better than the araldite you get from DIY shops.
Last edited by ALi-B; 08 October 2016 at 07:54 AM.
When I replaced the little bulb behind the dash for the air con button in my Subaru (which involves removing the entire front dash), I snapped a little but important clip that holds the air con button in place. I researched for ages but in the end I had to buy a complete trim piece which cost £30. When refitting I snapped it again! Had to buy another for £35 this time. So £65 for essentially a tiny clip thing...