I had a machine shop remove the spline from a clutch disk for the splined end and weld a coupling as one piece. It's been ok for the last 30k miles.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Victor Tikhonov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 3:55 PM Subject: Re: Splined Coupler (was: coupler material) > jerry dycus wrote: > > > > Hi Victor and All, > > --- Victor Tikhonov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Sorry, > > > > > > Put smooth taper lock bushing over splines without > > > key way > > > is not only unprofessional but a plain BAD idea. > > > torque curves. > > How would you use a key with a spline? It keys on > > the edge of the splines. > > jerry dycus > > You don't, that's the point of my post. > > No matter how hard you tighten, it may come loose over time. > While you may get away fitting something smooth over splines, > you do realize that splines designed to mesh with splines, > not anything else. > > Machine splined-to-smooth "converter" as one piece (a flywheel > can be directly bolted to) and be done with it. > > This is not the part where you cut the cost. Ask Mark Farver. > > > Victor >
