Headlight grommet/damper insert

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I'm in the middle of stripping my headlight down ready to be painted. I've found one of the grommet or damper inserts broken so will need to find a new one, can anyone tell me what the small tab is for?
 

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I'm in the middle of stripping my headlight down ready to be painted. I've found one of the grommet or damper inserts broken so will need to find a new one, can anyone tell me what the small tab is for?
On the right and bottom of the picture are turn signal parts. The part with the arrow is unfamiliar to me.
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I think I remember your bike as 1975. I don't see that part.

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I’m pretty sure this is the grommet #26.
 
Yeah you are right, it's a 75. The bit I'm looking at is the metal insert that goes through the headlight to headlight ear grommets
 
Part 31 in this diagram. It's worth noting that some of the parts in these diagrams seem to not always be correct, for example the rubber indicator damper in the headlight on mine is the one used on earlierbikes, my bike was manufactured mid 1974 so whether they were using tx parts up maybe?
 

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Here's a better image of the assembly. That rubber grommet is part #3 in the diagram and PN 150-84153-00.
The diagram shows the tab orientation.
 

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I have that drawing in a '74 parts manual I downloaded from the XScafe. Unfortunately, they don't list that part, lol. They don't point it out on the diagram or give a part number for it.
 
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The latter two are the ones JP! Pretty pricey for what they are. The fully intact one I have isn't threaded, may have been stripped and drilled out at some point. It would be great if Yambits or Sumo rubber could get them reproduced but being an obscure part produced for limited model years probably makes them uneconomical.
 
I have that part if you are interested. There are two nearly identical versions, the only difference is the width of the square protrusion on the one side. What does your square measure out to be?
 
I have that part if you are interested. There are two nearly identical versions, the only difference is the width of the square protrusion on the one side. What does your square measure out to be?
Thanks so much but I'm in the UK, I'm thinking it might not take much to to make something that would work.
 
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