I got my lathe operational again, so other than drilling the cross holes in the shaft, the machining is done.
I still haven’t figured out what the brass pin between the gear and bearing carrier is for….. sling grease around?
Have not decided what to do about the sloppy driveshaft bore yet. No milling machine, and it’s not feasible to
bore out on my lathe to install bushings or oversize driveshaft. An oversize driveshaft build might be problematic
as well, as there’s a very long keyway in the shaft that engages in the coupler that I’d be ill equip to reproduce….
any brilliant ideas? My original driveshaft is steel, and it’s not too bad of shape…… most
of the wear is in the brass bore. My adjustable reamer might take a month of Sundays to ream out the bore
an 1/8″ for installing bushings, but a possibility perhaps.
Prepare to be boarded!