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Originally Posted by behindthen0thing
That is completely wrong information.
An engineer that worked on the S55 came on this board and said it absolutely is not a fuse. It was designed this way to be easier to work on.
This is to paraphrase an engineer that helped design the engine.
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Yes, at some point Boss330 did speculate that the friction assembly was potentially for ease of manufacture rather than for "strength". But that was not a conclusion. A splined design would not be more difficult to assemble.