Crankshaft Hub

[AirAg]

Okay guys, the time has come to start the search for a crankshaft hub for my E-185. It has a 20 spline (I think), pics are under my gallery. I really dont want to tear the motor down, pull the crank, and weld a hub on. Does anyone know of other options out there? I am planning on using an old wood prop to start/try the engine out with it. If no options exist, I am going to design a hub using a spline on CAD and get a local machine shop to build it. I also thought of using a sprocket, cut off the teeth, and use a taper lock bushing with a key to hold the shaft on, and still use the threads on the shaft for a nut.

Any help? Pictures would help too if anyone has seen something that would work.

Thanks,

Brent

 

[goldhunter_2]

man you want to be careful here :shock:


taking the crank out and welding a 1/2 face plate is the best choice.

the sprocket idea with this engine :shock: I am game to try most anything but that would scare me!!

Here is a 2nd opinion find or have made a spline collar to match the shaft and lock in place with a pin then add you 1/ face plate to that so the whole assembly will slide over the shaft and lock in place, there your ready for your prop adapter

 

[rbjscott]

Find the correct hub and have it machined, and bore the center of a wood prop. We did 3 of these for geared Franklins. Also did 2 or 3 O-435. The Lycomings are still working after 25 years

 

[jimmy]

i got another quest. i got a 0-200 cont. it has a small bolt pattern
who can make an adapter to use my other prop(standard size pattern
like on my gpu)
thanks jimmy

 

[AirAg]

So has anyone ever seen a spline shaft used on a powershift/sensenich hub. Could you do this on a Whirlwind hub (would you have to bore out the hub)?