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deuce_roadster · 07-15-2016, 12:28 AM

If you are driving the hub with the axle key, the hub isn't tight enough. The surface area of the taper on the axle and inside the hub gives enough friction to propel the car with no pressure on the key at all when everything is up to spec. This topic isn't new here.
I would be VERY suspicious of the axle if you did shear off a key. That is how a crack begins at the inner end of the key groove. I would have it magnafluxed or die penetrant check done before I trusted it. That is IF you did shear a key.

07-15-2016, 12:28 AM	#8
deuce_roadster Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Shelton, WA Posts: 3,802	Re: I think I broke something :( If you are driving the hub with the axle key, the hub isn't tight enough. The surface area of the taper on the axle and inside the hub gives enough friction to propel the car with no pressure on the key at all when everything is up to spec. This topic isn't new here. I would be VERY suspicious of the axle if you did shear off a key. That is how a crack begins at the inner end of the key groove. I would have it magnafluxed or die penetrant check done before I trusted it. That is IF you did shear a key.