$0.75
This Hyster woodruff key is the semicircular steel key that locks a hub, gear, or pulley to a shaft so they turn together, carrying torque so the hub cannot slip under load. Seated in a semicircular slot in the shaft, it engages the keyway in the hub and shears or rounds off under overload. It fits Hyster, Komatsu, and Clark lift truck applications.
Locking a hub, gear, or pulley to its shaft so the two turn together is the job of this Hyster woodruff key, the semicircular steel key that seats in a matching slot in the shaft and engages the keyway in the hub. Carried on Hyster lift trucks, it also serves Komatsu and Clark applications that use the same key.
The key transmits torque through the joint so the hub cannot slip on the shaft under load. Under overload it shears or rounds off, and once it fails the hub spins free and no longer drives; it is also replaced as a matter of course whenever the joint is opened for service.
Match the key's width, length, and the diameter of its semicircular profile to the original, since woodruff keys come in a range of sizes and the key must fit both the shaft slot and the hub keyway. Forklifts Etc. supplies it as the woodruff key for these applications.
