Tap washers or clips. Help!

[jarik]

I have worked out the problem with my bathroom tap but I need to know what you call this type of washer/clip.
Basically it is almost horseshoe shaped, flat with small projections on either side pointing inwards to clip it just inside the tap. I have tried to look for one but can't locate one without buying a whole new tap unit. Does anyone have any ideas as to what it called so I can try and locate one. Hope this makes sense.

Thanks

 

[sidecar_jon]

circlip?.....http://www.huyett.com/catalog/index.php?ref=1&adwc=rr&cPath=23

 

[Gasman1015]

Circlip.

 

[jarik]

thanks a lot for the names. I've just checked them out and it's the e-clips I need. I now just need to find somewhere that sells them. A lot of places are selling them in bulk which I don't really need but I'll keep trying. Once again Cheers

 

[JohnD]

thanks a lot for the names. I've just checked them out and it's the e-clips I need. I now just need to find somewhere that sells them. A lot of places are selling them in bulk which I don't really need but I'll keep trying. Once again Cheers

You can buy them individually at old-fashioned hardware shops, provided there is a grey-haired old man behind the counter, wearing a brown overall, and at motor accessory shops.

 

[Nige F]

or you can go to the nearest diy shed and buy a cheap pair of taps and swap the guts...got to be easier ,surely

 

[jarik]

Thanks for the suggestions. Funny enough I've just found them at an old fashioned shop with an oldish sounding man. Just hope they've got the one's I want in stock when I pop down. Really surprised that none of the main DIY sells them at all. I did also think that about buying a couple of taps and stripping them down but thought that was going a bit too far.

 

[JohnD]

Just make sure he's wearing his brown overalls.

think "Fork Handles"

 

[jarik]

Love that sketch. Even the title gets me smiling. At 32 should I be admitting that!

This posting is kinda going off the fork handles but is still sort of related to DIY I guess. Ha Ha

 

[Nige F]

Thanks for the suggestions. Funny enough I've just found them at an old fashioned shop with an oldish sounding man. Just hope they've got the one's I want in stock when I pop down. Really surprised that none of the main DIY sells them at all. I did also think that about buying a couple of taps and stripping them down but thought that was going a bit too far.

Please let us know how you get on.........a shop like that is invaluable

 

[ChrisR]

There's one monster shop like that in London, seen through the windows of the flat in the film "Notting Hill".
Called Nu-Line, if you ask for a staple to hold your credit card sllip to your receipt, they say "One staple, yes sir, what size?"