Talmud for Kelim 11:5

עַקְרָב שֶׁל פְּרֻמְבְּיָא, טְמֵאָה. וּלְחָיַיִם, טְהוֹרִים. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר מְטַמֵּא בַלְּחָיָיִם. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, אֵין טָמֵא אֶלָּא עַקְרָב. וּבִשְׁעַת חִבּוּרָן, הַכֹּל טָמֵא:

The scorpion [-shaped] bit of a bridle is susceptible to impurity, but the cheek-pieces are not susceptible. Rabbi Eliezer declares the cheek-pieces susceptible to impurity. But the Sages say that only the scorpion-bit is susceptible to impurity. And when they are joined together it is all susceptible to impurity.

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