hello all,

working on a rebuild and putting a flywheel on. My woodruff key fits in the e-shaft groove buts its kinda loose. I can freely move it back and forth in the groove with my hand. WhenI try and put the flywheel on the key just rolls back. Ive tried for like an hour, different stuff, it just doesnt work.

Is this key supposed to be firmly tapped in place so it doesnt move ?
Im thinking I need a new key or something. The only way its gonna let the flywheel on is if its wedged, doesnt move,etc. jb weld, what?

Is there some kind of trick here? the fsm and other books just say " install key"

any info is appreciated, thanks

 

mack ,

take a ball peen hammer, set the woodruff key on a bench vice with the curved side facing up, strike it gently once, take and test fit, repeat as necessary until it takes some work to get it in. what you are doing is mushrooming out the curved face ever so slightly. generally one or two soft taps is all it takes.

kenn

 

thanks for the reply, I was just signing on again to update the post and say that I got it, your way would definately have worked. I dropped about 5 drops of red super strength thread locker in the curve on the e-shaft, and it bonded the key in like magic.

I did'nt know that stuff was so strong, wow. Went on like a breeze. Now Ive got to take some vitamins and crank that thing down to 360 lbs.

How is a guy supposed to judge 360 foot pounds torque ? haha Ill give it my all.
Of course my air compressor is down. I had a campbell hausfeld and it went south.

Thanks again for the reply, this site is helpful.

 

another way to keep the woodruff key where you want it to stay is to put a dab of grease/vaseline/spit/oil on it so it sticks in place.

for 360 ft-lbs of force, you can put a 180 pound guy's entire weight on the end of a 2 foot long socket wrench. or 90 pounds of force on the end of a 4' long ratchet. does that make any sense to ya?