>and found that the gear's built -in woodruff
>key was already beginning to break. Rats! I just paid 28.00 for that
> gear!.

It could be worse.  On the older inline VW engines, it's the keyway in the
crankshaft that wears out when the bolt comes loose!  I know of a few
people who wish they only paid $28 to fix the problem!

Bill