STUCK KEYWAY HELP!!!

[big slide drift papi]

any help on this key way moved hub over and it still won’t budge :/

 

[Denny]

Clean all the crud off with a wire brush and use a hammer and punch to drive it over. A little PB Blaster on it wouldn’t be a bad idea either.

 

[Minimichael]

Grampa's old pinchers..

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Hit it with your purse if all above fails.

 

[landuse]

Use a small flathead screwdriver and rubber mallet. Get the flathead as close as possible to the bottom of the key and tap with mallet to try drive it under the key. You should be able to get the head of the screwdriver under the key with a few taps.

 

[Hellion]

Technically speaking it’s the key that is stuck. The key is the square profile block of steel that is in the keyway. The keyway, the groove, is indeed stuck. It’s not going anywhere!

Let’s nerd-out on the topic shall we?

Shaft key & keyway | Key types | Keyed Joint application & benefits

A Key is used on a shaft keyway to retain mechanical power transmission components such as gear drives and pulleys to transmit power

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If you remove the hub that is on the end of the axle, you can attack the key head-on and drive that narrow flat head screwdriver under it and pry it up.

Grandpa’s pincers are a great idea too, and will allow you to grab the key as if the pincers were extensions of your own fingers, and pull it straight up and out. Diagonal side cutters will also work but this is no job for needle nose pliers. Leverage and a rocking motion is your friend here…

 

[Hellion]

From the article:

• Over time keyed joints might become very difficult to dismantle

 

[Karttekk]

Sometimes tapping one end down with a punch allows the other end to pop up. If it pops up, pry under the lifted end with a small screwdriver then remove it.