worse case you can swap the crank for a 3/4 or 1" non-tapered shaft from a donor motor which is like your motor but that's a lot more work and time. I swapped out a Briggs cement mixer crank and side cover for a like type 1" crank and side cover but it was a cheap motor to begin with and the other parts were cheap as well so it made sense to do a little work to get a 1" shaft motor that I was needing. Maybe someone else has a better solution.