Thanks,
Mark

Sure. That should work fine. You need a short section of no threads
to take the shear loads.

Paul Lamar

Paul,
What about the bending loads on the bolts - would they take it !?
George (down under)

What bending loads? There are no bending loads on the bolts/pinion shafts.
Each bolt/pinion shaft is in single shear. In fact if you wanted
a belt and suspenders approach there is room for six additional drive
pins between each bolt/pinion shaft on the planet carrier.
Here is a slightly different housing using the same idea done by Butch.
It is a bit clearer than my illustration on the web site.
The shaft concept is by Bill Jepson.

Paul Lamar
 
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