YOU can get a piece of flat steel stock and make yourself a KEY.
A hacksaw and handfile and you'll be done in 15 minutes.

Stan Wilder
Engine Ceramics
214-352-4931
www.engineceramics.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Conrad Klahn" <conradk@MAC.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 4:21 PM
Subject: Re: WTB: woodruff key

> 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
> >>
> >>
> >