making a spline shaft and golf cart motors
 

V8TR4 wrote:

Hello everyone,

I have a project that will be using a pair of golf cart motors. The ones I
have looked at all have a female splined shaft of either 10 or 19 splines.
http://www.thesolar.biz/Electric%20Vehicle%20Motors.htm
Does anyone know of an adapter to allow someone to hook up a sprocket set up
or similar? Does anyone know of any other similar motors that already have a
sprocket or belt pully?


You are very lucky the motor has the female spline. That is much harder
to make.
Those motors have no front bearing! So, you have to make up a motor end
plate,
with bearings, mounting flange to the motor frame, and your output shaft.

If it turns out I have to make this shaft myself, what type of steel would
be best? I will be using a table top milling machine to spline this shaft on
one end and a keyway for a pully on the other. Any info and help would be
much appreciated.


I hope you have a lathe, too, to make the plate. You will pretty much
need a dividing
head to turn the shaft for the spline teeth, too.

Jon

making a spline shaft and golf cart motors
 

Hello everyone,

I have a project that will be using a pair of golf cart motors. The ones I
have looked at all have a female splined shaft of either 10 or 19 splines.
http://www.thesolar.biz/Electric%20Vehicle%20Motors.htm
Does anyone know of an adapter to allow someone to hook up a sprocket set up
or similar? Does anyone know of any other similar motors that already have a
sprocket or belt pully?

If it turns out I have to make this shaft myself, what type of steel would
be best? I will be using a table top milling machine to spline this shaft on
one end and a keyway for a pully on the other. Any info and help would be
much appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
op

making a spline shaft and golf cart motors
 

Hello everyone,

I have a project that will be using a pair of golf cart motors. The ones I
have looked at all have a female splined shaft of either 10 or 19 splines.
http://www.thesolar.biz/Electric%20Vehicle%20Motors.htm
Does anyone know of an adapter to allow someone to hook up a sprocket set up
or similar? Does anyone know of any other similar motors that already have a
sprocket or belt pully?

If it turns out I have to make this shaft myself, what type of steel would
be best? I will be using a table top milling machine to spline this shaft on
one end and a keyway for a pully on the other. Any info and help would be
much appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
op


Looks like, at least on a couple of those, that you could mount a
sprocket hub (or pulley hub) on the "outside" of the shaft rather than
trying to use the internal splines.... might work better....
Ken.

making a spline shaft and golf cart motors
 

Hi,

Thanks for that info, I was unaware that there was no front bearing. I have
a lathe and a dividing head as well, so hopefully this will not turn into a
nightmare project. I also have a rotary table which is probably what I will
use to make the new front section for the motor on the mill. Looks like I am
going to be making a shaft and a front plate. Not to mention all the
fabricating on everythign else.


Thanks,

"Jon Elson" wrote in message
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V8TR4 wrote:

Hello everyone,

I have a project that will be using a pair of golf cart motors. The ones
I
have looked at all have a female splined shaft of either 10 or 19
splines.
http://www.thesolar.biz/Electric%20Vehicle%20Motors.htm
Does anyone know of an adapter to allow someone to hook up a sprocket set
up
or similar? Does anyone know of any other similar motors that already
have a
sprocket or belt pully?


You are very lucky the motor has the female spline. That is much harder
to make.
Those motors have no front bearing! So, you have to make up a motor end
plate,
with bearings, mounting flange to the motor frame, and your output shaft.

If it turns out I have to make this shaft myself, what type of steel
would
be best? I will be using a table top milling machine to spline this shaft
on
one end and a keyway for a pully on the other. Any info and help would be
much appreciated.


I hope you have a lathe, too, to make the plate. You will pretty much
need a dividing
head to turn the shaft for the spline teeth, too.

Jon