rack tab washers

[YMJ]

Alright.
You know the old racks that you can strip down yourself? Well where can you get replacements for those stupid tab washer/locknut thingies? You know, the ones that are impossible to remove. If, at this stage, you don't know what I'm on about, don't worry - only lunatics like me try to service their own racks.
Minispares only supply exchange racks but the blokes who do the recon must buy theses thingsfrom somewhere.....who?....where?....anyone?

[Spider]

Ah, so that's why I get funny looks, I'm also a rack-recoer-lunatic!

You meaning the lock-nuts that kinda have a built in lock-tab?

I've never bought a new one, I just swap the Left with the Right and viki-verka, then you (nearly always) end up with a clean tab to punch in. As far as I am aware, internal parts for UK Racks are just non existent, happy to be corrected though.

[YMJ]

Thanks Spider. How do you open up the tabs for removal? I engineered a special drift out of an old centre punch but lost it many years ago

[Spider]

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