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Saving a crank key way
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2024 5:34 pm
by DavidBarkey
This is a small Honda horizontal engine from rear tine tiller . The nut on the fly wheel came loose and ate the key and damaged the key way . I ordered a 5/32 woodrift key cutter and milled the key way oversized . Filed the key way in the flywheel to suit . Reassembled with look tight . Tomorrow we will see how close I am with the timing .
like my fancy parallel bars .

Re: Saving a crank key way
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2024 9:38 pm
by myerslawnandgarden
Dave,
You are fortunate to have the equipment to attempt a repair like that. If you find that the timing is a bit off I'm thinking that could be easily corrected by offset machining the key.
Thanks for your post,
Bob
Re: Saving a crank key way
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2024 6:27 pm
by DavidBarkey
myerslawnandgarden wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2024 9:38 pm
Dave,
You are fortunate to have the equipment to attempt a repair like that. If you find that the timing is a bit off I'm thinking that could be easily corrected by offset machining the key.
Thanks for your post,
Bob
Yes Bob , but didn't come without sacrifice (no good dead goes unpunished don't you know ) . I did without in other areas of life to get these things and took time to get to what I have .
Well it worked and runs like top again .

The owner will be very happy .