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Is this crankshaft woodruff key OK to reuse?

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Old 12-11-2015, 11:14 PM
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Or should I invest in one and set my project another 5 days while I wait for it in the mail. The damage is all on one end from me prying it out of the crank snout. Sorry for the poor image quality. The images look worse than it does in real life, the marks are not terribly deep but shallow enough that I could easily clean them up in a minute or two with a file.





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the **** is with your fingernails lol


just smooth it down with sand paper as best you can...
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Doug is in college..and this is final's week....tests are tough on nails..
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Originally Posted by V2Rocket_aka944
the **** is with your fingernails lol


just smooth it down with sand paper as best you can...
LEAVE MY FINGERNAILS ALONE SPENCER! I bite them. it uh...keeps the grease from getting stuck under em!
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talking about nails is probably more appropriate in the Boxster forum, but the length-to-width ratio you've got with the bitten down ends is like the chode of fingernails
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Re-use it Doug! Let a file be your friend. Install into crank with a dab of grease or anti ceaze.
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Originally Posted by Noahs944
Re-use it Doug! Let a file be your friend. Install into crank with a dab of grease or anti ceaze.

+1
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I'm as picky as they get and even I'd just dress it and use it... It's probably better than the one in my car now...
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Well, if Tom says it's ok, it MUST be

Thanks guys.
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Originally Posted by Dougs951S
Well, if Tom says it's ok, it MUST be

Thanks guys.
Great, now you've jinxed it.



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