Woodruff key

Nick Migues

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Jan 15, 2021
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Hey all, I’m in dire need of help. So I recently rebuilt this engine and I sheared a brand new woodruff key, thought maybe I just installed it wrong but now it seems it doesn’t fit right. This is a Yamaha woodruff key, in a brand new wiseco crank shaft. It won’t let me upload pics but it barely sticks up above the slot, probably less than a 1/16th of an inch. It seems way to small and would hardly grab the fly wheel hence why my last one probably sheared.. I went to ace hardware and got a slightly larger one but it’s to wide to fit into the hole. Really need to figure this out soon as we are hopefully going riding Monday lol.
 
I’ll go ahead and reply to myself on this one, looking at one of my other bikes I realized that’s just how they sit which is strange to me but whatever works I guess. Maybe my key shearing was a fluke
 
Aha, thank you for the info. Just did this on one of my blasters, and fixed the sheering issue I was having. Thanks!!