Chrysler Engines

Once I saw the end of a 18 spline cut off to clear. I think the person should have taken the crank to a machine shop. But he sold the car and the buyer ended up getting the shaft. Webby.

This used to be a perfectly reasonable way to deal with this. You only need a little bit, maybe 3/8 and the chamfer on the shaft is that much.

THERE IS NO WAY I would hand drill or "magnetic" base drill this and call it accurate, EXCEPT for one way, and it could ruin the crank for the original pilot if you are not careful

That is, drill the small hole deep enough and large enough to clear the shaft, then instead of using the traditional pilot, rather use the "large" pilot which fits out in the converter register. Late model stuff uses this



You can get these either needle bearing or bushing