Non-stove washer question

[dougstove]

Hi;
I broke something.
It is a washer, but with a side-arm extension that projects about 3 mm, and then bends at a right angle, continuing for a further 3 mm.

I need to find a replacement, but I do not know what it is called.
It is part of the assembly retaining a bicycle wheel.
Does anyone know what they are called?

 

[Dune]

Bike repair shop?

 

[LLigetfa]

It sounds like the safety retainer on a front wheel. The projection hooks into a notch in the fork to keep the wheel from falling off if the nuts come loose. They are only used on low end consumer bikes.

 

[Gooserider]

Earlier replies nailed both the part ID, and the source... Might also try a really good hardware store...

Note that as long as the axle nuts are properly torqued, you CAN live with out it, or substitute a plain washer - it is mainly there to protect the kind of people that "tighten" nuts with a pair of slip jaw pliers from their own stupidity, and protect the bike makers from their lawyers...

Gooserider