Thread: Epoxy, glue, loctite gear to shaft. Any chance of working?
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Re: Epoxy, glue, loctite gear to shaft. Any chance of working?
Listen to Jay in the post above. Use Loctite 638 or 680. You must have an engineered gap, though. An engineered gap is a gap between the shaft and the hub diameter that you put there on purpose. Take your press fit and reduce it to 0.001" only in the middle. Put gaps (smaller than 3/8" diameter) on each end of the shaft where it contacts the gear. The press fit will pilot the gear and the gap with Lactate will bond it in place. This will work. Reference the Lactate design guides (online). They can help.

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