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Keyways

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:58 am
by bad_religion_au
where do i get them from? their for the PTO shaft - universal joint. Powauto (who now own thomas) told me they don't stock them, but a generic one will fit...

well where do i get THOSE from?

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:59 am
by Struth
Bearing shops and some bolt shops.

Cheers

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:59 am
by pcman

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:04 am
by bad_religion_au
how did you find that? i spent all night the other night looking through that website.

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:59 pm
by pcman
i searched for keysteel

pretty simple


do you need any other pto bits to complete your setup ?? ive still got a few spares lying about that i was gonna use but dont think i will anymore

i know i had some spare keyways but i picked the straightest ones when i rebuilt my setup earlier this year i know some where pretty bananaed (is that a word)

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:19 pm
by bad_religion_au
pcman wrote:i searched for keysteel

pretty simple


do you need any other pto bits to complete your setup ?? ive still got a few spares lying about that i was gonna use but dont think i will anymore

i know i had some spare keyways but i picked the straightest ones when i rebuilt my setup earlier this year i know some where pretty bananaed (is that a word)
dunno, what you got lol.

i really only need the keyway, the chain drive (ordered it from Powauto...) and my cable shifter is fubar'd (but i was going to make up a proper lever using my old transfer shifter)

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 3:02 pm
by WRXZook
The keyway is the slot machined into the shaft/pulley etc.

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:31 pm
by Dane
WRXZook wrote:The keyway is the slot machined into the shaft/pulley etc.
Yeah, and the part you boys are talking about is the "key", as in key steel ;)

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 2:16 am
by rockcrawler31
pcman wrote:i searched for keysteel

pretty simple


do you need any other pto bits to complete your setup ?? ive still got a few spares lying about that i was gonna use but dont think i will anymore

i know i had some spare keyways but i picked the straightest ones when i rebuilt my setup earlier this year i know some where pretty bananaed (is that a word)
If you got some shear pins and you want less than 5 bucks each i'll have em. :D

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 7:45 am
by pcman
go to bunnings and buy a pack of bolts that fit along with a tube of loctite cause they undo and fall out

never seen a proper sheer pin in my life

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:00 am
by bad_religion_au
Dane wrote:
WRXZook wrote:The keyway is the slot machined into the shaft/pulley etc.
Yeah, and the part you boys are talking about is the "key", as in key steel ;)
yeah but if i asked "where do you get keys" some smart arse would say "mr minit cuts keys"

PCman, can you take some measurements of the keys you've got? esp thickness

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:02 am
by pcman
the ones for the shaft appear to be 4.7-4.8mm i dont actually have any spare keyways but mesured there they fit in the uni join

id find a local mob and take a unjointi with you to get the correct keysteel

edit - the website above list a 4.76mm keysteel so thats prolly the way to go if you want to order online

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:17 am
by bad_religion_au
pcman wrote:the ones for the shaft appear to be 4.7-4.8mm i dont actually have any spare keyways but mesured there they fit in the uni join

id find a local mob and take a unjointi with you to get the correct keysteel

edit - the website above list a 4.76mm keysteel so thats prolly the way to go if you want to order online
output shaft of PTO box yeah?

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:31 pm
by pongo
any one got an exploded diagram of a thomas pto drive box that bolts onto the back of a transfer.

Havent gotten around to ringing them up yet

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 7:23 pm
by bazooked
be carefull when purchasing keysteel, there is alot of chinese stuff comming in and its the wrong size!!, we got a batch at work the other week cause it was cheaper :roll: , wasnt even tight in the keyway, make sure its the yanky stuff.

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:32 pm
by turps
If you find my old shorty. This some jammed down the front of the dash somewhere.

I brought my stuff from a local bearing place.