Stuck motor shaft key on Delta CS... any ideas?

Yeah, it's too late. I really lost it after everything I tried ended up making the problem worse. The pulley got totally stuck on there (I thought it was on good before, but I managed to get in on even better

- how ironic). After injuring myself a couple of times while trying to un-stick the pulley I more or less smashed the motor with the steel bar I'd been using to try to pry the pulley off. I plead temporary insanity (and I'm feeling much better now, ha).

So for better or for worse, it's on to a replacement motor at this point.

PQ

Wow, this looks like an awfully good option - I'm a little skeptical of the price since Delta wants around $250 (or more) for their standard replacement. $70 seems almost too good to be true. But if it's a direct replacement for the CS motor it'd be absolutely perfect...

PQ

Actually, it's not a direct replacement. It's a C-face motor and it don't have no way for you to attach it to your saw. No really. It don't.

I don't think that should stop you from buying it. You could maybe destroy it like you did the perfectly good motor you had after not taking the very advice (advise in wreck.speak) you asked for and got here with that little melt down.

I'll tell you what though. I have some perfectly s***ty motors here that I could send you and you could beat the crapsnot out of those and have the eBayer send the C-frame directly to me. That way nothing of any value will be harmed.

Deal?

UA100

Well, sorta been there done that too. My recommendation is to keep that sucker around for two reasons - a reminder of your costly stupidity and something to beat when the urge hits you.

BTW, you're not married I hope.

Vic

Further, he really should get that pulley off so that he knows how to do it next time without destroying the motor.

If one is too cheap or poor to buy a gear puller a couple of strategically applied wedges can work wonders.

Thank you for the feedback. You're correct. On closer inspection the shafts are different diameters, among the various differences.

Actually, I did take the advice I got here. I employed every technique suggested to me, except the dripping-of-wax onto the shaft (just didn't get around to that one).

I'm sure you've never lost your temper, so thanks also for what I perceive to be the 'attitude'.

Yuk yuk, you're a card.

PQ

Thanks Bill. Looks like Grizzly's version of the motor is about $100 less than the Delta. I have other Grizzly gear that I'm happy with, so this'll probably end up being the solution.

PQ

"Vic Baron" thus spoke:

Agreed, good advice :-)

And btw, nope, not married. I'm actually a very even-keeled person

PQ

Tsk, Tsk, you should never do that. I'm not the type to lose my temper either. BTW, if you ever need a cheap chainsaw, I can point you to one laying in the woods. I'm not saying how it got there. Ed

You just discovered the value of a pulley puller. Greg

btw: 99.99% of the time means that for just over 52 minutes of the year, you go berserk.

So, you're saying you tried a sheave puller? Really? I don't mean to sound doubtful (okay, yea I do), but I have never seen one that wasn't a total rusted mess that could not be pulled. If you tried the puller and it did not work, then you have nothing to be embarrassed about. The would be known as one stuck MF'r.

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Hm, yes okay you have me there. In the interest of accuracy, I must correct myself and state that I'm very even keeled about 99.9999% of the time. The motor incident ate up my berzerk allotment for the year :-)

PQ

I stand corrected, though it's sort of a technicality. I should have stated, "I tried everything that I'd seen suggested to me up to that point". I didn't see the pulley-puller suggestion until after the fact. So, no I didn't try that. I did try the various heating, tapping, spraying, clamping (and so forth) ideas. I suppose that if I'd let the project sit for another day or two, then re-read the newsgroup, I might have seen that one then tried it.

PQ

the reason the pulley puller recomendation came so late was because you asked how to get the woodruff key out, not how to get the pulley off.

asking the right question is pretty important to getting a useful answer....

Sure, I agree. I didn't mean my comment in a negative way, like "well, why didn't anyone -tell- me?", etc. And you're right that I didn't ask that question - I didn't know at the time that the pulley itself was going to refuse to budge too.

BTW, for archival purposes, I ended up going with Grizzly part #H5382 ($159) as a replacement for the Delta motor. Grizzly model G2535 ($149) is apparently the same size and layout, so it should also work as a direct replacement. This is for a '92 Delta Contractor's saw.

PQ

then hit with a large punch and hammer.

use your wifes hairdryer first, if that dosen't work buy the torch. mike