Taperred shaft

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Engine on miller 1e, taperred shaft?
Reply:What engine does it have? I assume a Kohler K301. If so, there's a data plate above the serial number tag on the left side of the engine shroud. What is the model # and the # below that? That should be able to be decoded to figure out what type of output shaft the engine has. In my experience, engines that designed to be used with a generator (i.e. welders) usually have a tapered output shaft. Engines that are running belt drives or pressure washers, stuff like that, usually have straight shafts.
Reply:I should add that the Kohler K301 engine was used in a LOT of stuff. A manufacturer could order a Kohler K series engine with whatever shaft diameter or style they needed (within reason). Apparently some of the old Wheelhorse garden tractors used them and I read on one of those forums that the 301 could've had as many as 54 different style output shafts. Anyway, because of that, without either taking apart another 1E or decoding your engine data plate, we'd have no way of knowing. I'll give you some general advice regarding disassembling gensets and direct drive stuff in general. Assume it's a straight shank when you take it apart. A lot of the time, even if it is a taper shank, it will have a section of straight shank at the end. A lot of the time they'll have a bolt going through the armature (spinning portion of generator) pulling it tight to the output shaft of the motor. If you back the bolt out, you can put something like a cut off valve stem in there for a gear puller to push against.