Thanks for the info.

I'm concerned that without a woodruff key, that there would be some
movement that would cause wear, etc. The last thing I want to happen
on the road is to have a pulley fly apart on me.

I'm guessing I can make due with Loctite and alot of torque. Anyone
have a guesstimate as to the amount of torque?

On Aug 22, 2005, at 10:57 AM, vw4x4@fyi.net wrote:

> Conrad,
>     Funny you should find them all missing.   These keys
> are not needed, so they are left out intentionally.   BTW they all
> most
> all of them are made right here in Pgh.
>                                 Eric
>
> Conrad Klahn wrote:
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Anyone out there have a spare woodruff key you would be willing to
>> throw in an envelope and sell me?
>>
>> In replacing what I thought was a bad alternator, I find that the
>> alternator did not have a woodruff key - nor did the replacement I
>> bought from Bus Depot. All the parts stores (a) don't know what a
>> woodruff key is, or (b) laugh and say that it should have come with
>> the alternator. I would go back to BD, but this is the third time
>> I've ordered a part that was missing pieces, or damaged upon receipt
>> - they also don't list a separate woodruff key.
>>
>> This is for an '80 aircooled, but I suppose any bosch alternator
>> woodruff key would work? If you know of the size of this thing, that
>> would also help - I bought one from CIP1, but it was too small.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Conrad
>>
>>
>