Fortunately I have not had to mess with any of those for a long time.

forget what we call them .. a 'squeeze clip ' ..
it goes in a groove on the end of a pin ..
for a parking brake lever where it pivots on a brake shoe ..
like on old VW Buses perhaps.

Nicely, vanagons have that part built in to the shoe the way they come.

----- Original Message -----
From: "M Catlin" <mjcatlin@PACBELL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 10:49 AM
Subject: Unidentified part

> Can anyone identify the part shown in the link below?  I am referring to
> the
> flat circlip/alignment-shim-looking parts to the left of the cotter pins.
> It
> came with a box of late model old stock parts I just bought.
>
>
> http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g255/mjcatlin/IMG00028-20110313-0919jpg.jpg
>
> Thanks.
> Mike Catlin
> Davis, Calif.