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Naio
Explorer II
Dec 20, 2019

Can I put a sprocket made for a keyed shaft on a D bore?

This is for my shave ice machine. I overheated my motor and need to send it to a shop for rebuilding. I have available a possible temporary replacement motor. But my main motor has a keyed shaft, ...
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ksg5000
Explorer
Dec 20, 2019
Naio wrote:


I talked to the people at the local sprocket shop where I am, and they said they thought I could use my keyed sprocket on the D shaped shaft. They suggested just tightening the set screw real well on the flat part of the D, and maybe even using a drill to make a dimple there.



I did something similar on my tractor - like you I figured that there wasn't much downside. Worked for a month or so which was long enough for the correct parts to arrive.

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