Let me know what you think.

[Bills37]

Good point Mr. Cotton, I shall break out the dye and the lapping compound.

[T. Cotten]

Bill!

Matched tapers hold themselves, like a nail in oak, even if there's splinters.

Keys are either for indexing, or to pacify.

(Lapping tapers is always a good idea, of course!)

....Cotten
PS: If you take it apart, its broken.

[Bills37]

I have a 34 HD VD that I am getting ready to sell. I'm kind of an Indian guy so this thing is the odd man out in my garage. Also and red blooded Indian rider will tell you that clutch is ass-backwards and I don't even want get into what possessed them to put the front brake lever on the left. Now to get down to my dilemma, while fixing a transmission leak I discovered that the key way in drive pinion has broken out. Now I have no issues with the engine it runs fine and I am loathed to tear down an otherwise perfectly good motor. My plan is to remove the motor from the frame and set it up in my mill and recut a new keyway 180 degrees from the original. I don't have any problem doing this for myself. The new keyway and key will be as good as new. My hesitation comes from putting it on the market, I don't want anyone to think I'm pulling a fast one. What do you think?