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Some kind of push in rivet. Go to

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On my barbecue, it came with several plastic fasteners. They look like a bolt, but with the shaft made up of a split arrow head. It holds together two pieces of sheet metal, and is used by simply pressing the arrowhead through the holes in the sheet metal, and when it is in far enough, the arrow points spring outward and it catches, and the head on one side and the arrowhead point on the other keep it from coming out. All you see on the outside is the round plastic head.

I'd like to find some to replace the ones that have gone missing. What is the proper name for these? They are about 5/8" long, have a head of about

Thanks.

Arrow Clips?

--Winston

I don't know their proper name, but here's a source for them:

McMaster Carr carries black clip-lock shank nylon rivets which may work: Item # 91020A430. You might also see if your local auto parts store can match it -- ask for =93plastic panel fasteners=94. Maybe they'll recognize it as being used for a particular make of car.

Here=92s some more info on names, dimensions, etc. for these fasteners:

Plastic won't last a year in sunlight. Use stainless sheet metal screws.

There are different grades of plastic. Tye wraps come generally in white and black. The white ones are for inside use and the black ones are for outside use. The white ones would probably not last a year in sunlight. The black ones will last for many years.

I'm sure color is not the only factor here, but just a way of designating the inside/outside use of them.

On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:51:41 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, technomaNge quickly quoth:

Automotive trim fasteners, usually nylon.

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On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:35:09 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, Don Foreman quickly quoth:

Winnie got it right with "Christmas tree fasteners" found on the Trim Retainers 1 page above. Better yet, the push-lock rivet style is a reusable fastener. Find them on Trim Retainers 2 page at the above URL.

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The white ones

or many years.

Generally I prefer metal to plastic fasteners. If Steve has existing =BC=94 dia. holes for attaching the panels, screws for that size hole are a bit big -- unless he prefers the looks of a =93Franken-Barbie.=94 .

If it was mine, I might fix it with =BC=94 metal rivets using a riveter similar to this one:

For another plastic rivet solution HF tools provides yet another option =96 plastic riveter + (industrial strength) rivets: