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Hip2besquare
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 Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2018 6:48 pm Post subject: Generator keyway |
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Anyone know where to buy the keyway to lock in the generator pulley?
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emersonbiggins
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| Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2018 7:48 pm Post subject: Re: Generator keyway |
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| The hardware store here has a selection of them in the isle with all the strange bolts and nuts. |
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gt1953
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| Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 6:13 am Post subject: Re: Generator keyway |
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Ace is the place. They have the interesting stuff.
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Mike Fisher
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| Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 7:18 am Post subject: Re: Generator keyway |
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I just noticed yesterday that our huge Ace Hardware also has free popcorn!
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sjbartnik
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| Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 7:32 am Post subject: Re: Generator keyway |
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| Hip2besquare wrote: |
Anyone know where to buy the keyway to lock in the generator pulley?
Richie NY |
It's called a Woodruff key, that might help you find it.
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Bobnotch
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| Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 11:21 am Post subject: Re: Generator keyway |
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| sjbartnik wrote: |
| Hip2besquare wrote: |
Anyone know where to buy the keyway to lock in the generator pulley?
Richie NY |
It's called a Woodruff key, that might help you find it. |
I think it's the same as a beetle gen pulley.
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mcmscott
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| Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 2:48 pm Post subject: Re: Generator keyway |
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| sjbartnik wrote: |
| Hip2besquare wrote: |
Anyone know where to buy the keyway to lock in the generator pulley?
Richie NY |
It's called a Woodruff key, that might help you find it. |
Axactly, the "keyway" is the spot on the shaft that the woodruff key fits into.
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Multi69s
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| Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 2:10 pm Post subject: Re: Generator keyway |
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Did you loose yours, or was it getting wobbly or loose. If it was getting loose, get a new woodruff key, pulley and a tube of Loctite bearing retainer. squirt the Loctite in the key way, on the key and on the generator shaft, only where the front pulley will go. Let it cure, then install the gen belt. It will get many more miles out of a gen with a slopped out keyway. Its semi permanent, but a little heat, will allow it to release.
However, if you just lost the key, disregard the Loctite part.
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