proper placement of set screws

   / proper placement of set screws #1  

dqdave1

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I broke a piece off the end of a drive axle on my zero turn mower. I made a replacement stub with a coupler to slip over existing axle. I need to know proper placement of the setscrews to get max holding power. Do you place them 90 degrees apart or 180 degrees apart? I think 90 degrees is best. Any advise is welcome.
 
   / proper placement of set screws #2  
90 deg is best. One over the key and the other on the shaft. If they keep working loose you can demple the shaft with a drill point the size of the hole and run it down. You can put in a long screw and run a nut down the part sticking out to jam the threads. If the hole is deep enough you can put two screws in the same hole on top of each other. I have also seen a ball bearing dropped down a hole over a demple in a shaft and a set screw on top of that. I like to use never seize on things I put back together because I might be the next one taking it apart. Maybe this is all more than you wanted to know.

Dan
 
   / proper placement of set screws #3  
If you're using the setscrews to hold the sleeve in place, you're probably better off to weld it instead. With the load of a drive axle I doubt the sleeve will stay in place. However, 90 degrees is the best holding power.

Sean
 

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