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Have you broke this yet?

aaron379

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So my front end has been covered in oil... front oil seal no big deal (so I thought) tore down only to find this being the cause of my problem.......NOT GOOD lucky Hooty481 hooked me up with a new-to-me one and now I'm just sitting and waiting on the key to get here so I can get it back together.... what a nightmare
 

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gimpyrobb

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Your oil pump is just below that. While everything is apart, make sure the oil pump bearings are ok. I had one break on me.
 

bjsmith

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i have only seen one break but that was on a friends small block chevy after a head on collision but it broke the end of the crank off
 

G-Force

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It broke at the keyway right? This usually means that the groove of the keyway wasn't raduised at the corners. When you have a sharp angle like that it will usually start to develop a crack. I've seen this happen on shafts of screw pumps when they don't radius the key slots. They will usually last a long time until one day they let loose. i also run into this on centrifuge bowl parts but they usually run for years (out of warranty) before a crack develops deep enough to be noticed.
 
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aaron379

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It broke at the keyway right? This usually means that the groove of the keyway wasn't raduised at the corners. When you have a sharp angle like that it will usually start to develop a crack. I've seen this happen on shafts of screw pumps when they don't radius the key slots. They will usually last a long time until one day they let loose. i also run into this on centrifuge bowl parts but they usually run for years (out of warranty) before a crack develops deep enough to be noticed.
it was dead center of the key way
 
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