that's what I did with my ranger and it also has worked fine for me but that's the tranny end they are talking about motor end with spline. you have no clutch? I used a lov joy coupler and made the thing in about 2 hours . got a lov joy 1 1/8 for motor . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Victor Tikhonov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 5:26 AM Subject: Re: Splined Coupler (was: coupler material)
> 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 > > > >
