Let me know what you think.

[T. Cotten]

... Everything is a ****ing argument with you.

My attorney said the same thing.

....Cotten

[exeric]

This is my last post to you. I was talking about 'sheered' pinion gear KEYS. . . Read my post. Everything is a ****ing argument with you.

[T. Cotten]

I knew better than to respond to this nonsense.

Ya need a picture of an Indian pinion shaft and gear?

....Cotten

[exeric]

I knew better than to respond to this nonsense.

[T. Cotten]

I've seen a Harley, and an Indian with sheered pinion gear keys. The life of a motor is nothing but shock, and torture; and if a motor will sheer a key, a taper doesn't stand a chance. But, as Jerry said, you can do whatever you want with your motor. I'll go with the belt, and suspender route, as per factory engineering.

Eric!

Indian pinion gears aren't tapers.

No collateral damage on the HD?

I've seen plenty of destroyed tapers, but blaming the taper is like blaming a piston for a hole in it.

....Cotten
PS: Suspenders and a belt would be to weld it.

[exeric]

It takes shock to release a taper, Eric!

I've seen a Harley, and an Indian with sheered pinion gear keys. The life of a motor is nothing but shock, and torture; and if a motor will sheer a key, a taper doesn't stand a chance. But, as Jerry said, you can do whatever you want with your motor. I'll go with the belt, and suspender route, as per factory engineering.

[T. Cotten]

Jacobs tapers, and Morse tapers come loose with some regularity on lathes, and drill presses. That's not a problem. A popped taper on a pinion gear in a motor. . . That's a p.i.t.a., and a problem.

It takes shock to release a taper, Eric!

(Or maybe your machinery is shot.)

If you've got that kind of shock on a pinion, something else broke first.

The tapers that experience the most shock are transmission mainshafts with opposing chain stresses;
The nut saves it long enough to do real damage.

....Cotten
PS: Yes, Pa!
The nuts' primary function is for assembly, as it becomes a screwpress.

PPS: Absolutely, Rudy!
I did it religiously: http://virtualindian.org/10techfly.htm

[exeric]

Jacobs tapers, and Morse tapers come loose with some regularity on lathes, and drill presses. That's not a problem. A popped taper on a pinion gear in a motor. . . That's a p.i.t.a., and a problem.

[Paps]

In my opinion, the nut is mainly used to draw the tapers together better.

[rudy]

I used to finish grind internal taper bores, when there right the gage is stuck with a 1/4 turn.

[T. Cotten]

The nut is good insurance.

I've found nuts that were welded, Jerry!

More 'insurance', or paranoia?

....Cotten

[Jerry Wieland]

The nut is good insurance.

Nobody's got the guts to try it, Jerry!

But notice how tapered assemblies are often so secure they are testy to split, yet the nut is on the bench?

It ain't the nut.

....Cotten

[T. Cotten]

Nobody's got the guts to try it, Jerry!

But notice how tapered assemblies are often so secure they are testy to split, yet the nut is on the bench?

It ain't the nut.

....Cotten

[Jerry Wieland]

Cotton If you want to try that theory please don't use my motor.

Meanwhile, just for conversation, Folks...

Anybody else taught that nuts were just assembly aids, and could be removed with full integrity of the 'set' tapers?

Thanks in advance,

....Cotten

[T. Cotten]

Meanwhile, just for conversation, Folks...

Anybody else taught that nuts were just assembly aids, and could be removed with full integrity of the 'set' tapers?

Thanks in advance,

....Cotten