04-06-2018, 12:36 AM
(03-06-2018, 08:05 PM)JonE Wrote: is it possible to put time into making a bespoke key to fit, so that it is matched for when being used in future? Or can a keyway be built up?
You could fill the keyway with weld and cut (or get cut) a new keyway on the other side of the shaft after remachining the taper.
Recently, I have made all my "short" halfshafts out of knackered "long" Austin factory ones. It is also necessary to fill the keyway with weld when doing this conversion as otherwise some of the original keyway will appear in the screwcut thread of your 'new' short halfshaft..