Cutting a keyway into a motor shaft

[Dareno]

I am using the high temperature permatex retaining compound. It is supposed to be made by loctite but it seems to work better by all accounts.
@glyphiks
Supercheap autos has it on the shelf mate.

[glyphiks]

Excellent, I’ll add it to the supershit list. Cheers dad.

[deucesdown]

There’s also different retaining compounds for different gaps.

I’m surprised at the 2 reports of it-no-work. Wondering if I should make a poll.

[glyphiks]

[deucesdown]

POLL: Retaining Compound -- sufficient for motor pulley?

I thought retaining compound was the shit for motor shaft <-> motor pulley interface, but in this thread there are at least 2 members with multiple failures. I’m shook. Let’s collect some data. poll Especially if it failed, can you post some details? drive train specific (especially gearing), type of pulley (alu or steel), type of retaining compound, did you clean, did you let it cure, etc. For me, I use 648 (high temp). Steel pulley, kind of a loose fit. No key no grub screw. I had 1 failure,…