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Originally Posted by DoctorDex
Edit: Revisiting an old idea, I found a company that will custom machine dowel pins that fit into the oblong holes and they would be press fit. The material would be 4340 and it would have a Rockwell hardness of between 35 - 40. Would this be hard enough to prevent wearing away of the dowel pins/outer pinion shaft? For just the basic pins, they gave me a ball park figure of ~ $100.00 CDN (cost would be cheaper if anybody else wants some). If I wanted them to have additional hardening it would obviously cost extra. Can anybody tell me if these will work or not? I don't know enough about the engineering/physics/alchemy of metals...
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Did you ever find the answers to these questions? What alloy/hardness are the stock pins?
Thanks
Antoni