Repair for Buckle for Equipment
Some radio equipment uses a standard belt buckle with a tang (pin) that goes thru the hole in the belt to secure the equipment.
This tang often rusts off, is broken or missing.
I now have come up with the ingenious dirt cheap fix.
While repairing a clothes belt buckle that had a missing tang, I realized that the lowly old cotter pin held the answer.
Just take a cotter pin that has an eye big enough to go over the round buckle itself, pry open the cotter pin, and cut one leg down short- but leave enough that you can pinch the short part of the pin back closed over the buckle.
A little bit of filing to remove any burrs or sharp corners and Bob's your uncle!
Instant fix for dirt cheap. It should not take any more than 5 minutes to replace the tang, not counting the time to rummage in your car parts bins for a proper sized cotter pin.
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