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There may be two keys on the crankshaft but they will not be 180 degrees opposite of each other, they’ll be lined up end to end.

It was common for engine manufacturers of that era to combine two short keys on the crankshaft instead of one really long one. The Johnson light twins were always built that way.

This flywheel is an anomaly. It isn’t normal. I doubt it came from the factory that way. If you’ve ever read any of Jim Webb’s articles that were published in the Outboarder, you’d believe that a part like that wouldn’t be allowed to leave the factory if Ole Evinrude had anything to say about it. If it wasn’t correctly made, he’d want it scrapped.

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He's livin' in his own private Idaho..... I hope to go out quietly in my sleep, like my grand-dad did..... and not screaming, like the passengers in his car...