What are these little doodads?

[Fridays Child]

I found these four little metal objects, at the end of my driveway, today. Any ideas? The photo makes them look darker than they really are. They look like stainless steel.

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[Brother Buzz]

1. Bearings from a busted roller bearing

Have you looked under your vehicle and shaken anything in your drive trans?

On edit: Those are pretty small roller bearings and may be from something like a busted razor scooter wheel.

[Fridays Child]

4. That doesn't sound good.

I just had the left front axle replaced, so my car got a complete check-up, and it seems to be running fine (knock on wood). I don't park where I found the bearings. Maybe it was from someone else's car.

Thanks for the information!

[Brother Buzz]

6. I edited my post a bit

The roller bearings might not even be from a vehicle

[Fridays Child]

9. Maybe they're fairly common.

I'll hang onto them but I'm thinking that they didn't come from my car. At first, I wondered whether they were some sort of projectiles for an air gun or something. I guess I was way off. Haha!

[NutmegYankee]

19. If they were from your car, you'll know really fast

Bad bearings tends to make a hell of a racket.

[Fridays Child]

21. Good to know.

I had a front axle replaced, recently. Maybe those little bearings fell out of the old axle.

[Submariner]

2. Those look like tapered bearings that fell out of there cage

Usually found in wheel bearings.

[Fridays Child]

5. I'll probably show them to my mechanic, just to be safe.

Thanks!

[Paulie]

3. Could be two things.

First, Looks like pins for shelves in a cabinet. Goes in a little hole and the shelf sits on them.

If they are oily, then could be from a roller bearing.

[Fridays Child]

7. Not oily.

And not found where I park. They may have come from someone else's vehicle but I'm going to show them to my mechanic. Thanks for the information.

[Brother Buzz]

8. Shelve pins are 6 mm in diameter and 24-25 mm long, longer then nickel

[intaglio]

10. The technical term for shelf supports are "tonks"

Just a fun fact.

[Flying Squirrel]

12. Heh

I can just imagine the guy who named them thinking, "Well, when I push the shelf into place it just goes 'tonk'!"

[tomm2thumbs]

11. they're called 'nickels' and they ain't worth half a dime if you ask me!

sowweee, had to play

[Callmecrazy]

20. DUzy!

[eppur_se_muova]

13. Not doodads ... more likely thingamajigs.

Yes, spellcheck includes thingamajigs.

[Chan790]

14. They could be roller bearings...or lock-tumblers or any number of other things.

They're both around that size and look alike. I'd take them to the mechanic to be looked at, just to make sure they're not off your car.


Lock tumblers (These ones are brass but they come in a variety of metals depending on the function of the lock.)


Roller bearing inserts, in a complete bearing.

[NV Whino]

15. They're little bearings

Could you send me two of them, please? I'm missing them on my vacuum cleaner head.

[Arugula Latte]

16. Alien droppings.

[pinboy3niner]

17. Grovelbot is falling apart since the expiration of his unemployment benefits

[NutmegYankee]

18. Do they look like this?