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Sounds like the factory did weld it. I can understand why they did NOT do a 360 weld, as there is shrinkage problems from the hot weld and the cooler steel, maby iron, maybe cast steel of the carrier.
Maybe the dowel needs to be much wider, but only penetrate the ring a few mm. Say upto 3/8 inch, that puts a lot of surface area resisting any shear forces... i.e there is no way the ring is going to break a 3/8 down acting as keyway 4 inches away from the centerline, the torque needed to do that would bust the pinion in 1/2. I would slightly angle grind the dowels... so they would wedge in.
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Last edited by oldman; 02-02-2019 at 04:10 PM.
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