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The classic solution to do this would be to use a key cut into the axle and a keyed gear:
The red Key rests in a slot machined into the axle and corresponds to a slot in the gear. This prevents the gear from slipping around the axle, but needs other features (like a snap ring) to prevent sliding along the axle's rotational axis.
The gear in the machine you ...
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If you want a simple fix and the internal splines of the gear itself and the external mating surface of the drive shaft are okay, not stripped, and the only issue you are having is movement "along the drive shaft", then putting some hose clamps on the shaft snug up against the gear and clipping off the excess should work to keep it in its ...
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