Hi Reginal Dwight,
I thought that you had it back together way to fast LOL !
Replacing bearings isn't that cheap but wait until you get a price for the self aligning bearing from the end of the transfer shaft inside that housing. I hope you are sitting comfortably. This bearing is not your standard type of bearing as it allows the transfer shaft to be able to oscillate slightly due to engine / chassis vibration and also clutch movement.
In actual fact those bearings are quite prone to, and are nearly designed to fall apart if not handled very carefully during disassembly, but they can be put back together again and reused. The rest of the normal bearings on the reel and rollers are just standard chuck outs. You'll probably find that the reel bearings are the original open type units and not the sealed type. Replace them all with nylon sealed units. Bearing Number RSL5 for the reel which you should pay no more than $8.00 each for. Don't get sucked in for some that are being flogged on the internet for around $28 a pair.
Just looking at your photo's of the drive train, there certainly is some moderate wear on all the sprockets but depending on your cost restraints they will survive for a while yet. What I'm saying is I've seen much worse and they were still going. When it gets into sprocket replacement it requires deep pockets as the chains must also be replaced at the same time. Ouch ! Have you priced a cutter sprocket lately ? generally over $100.
Have you decided what to do regarding the engine ?
As far as re-gluing the cork, use contact adhesive.
Cheers,
BB.
PS. Love the foundry you're running in the background there, is it that cold already where you are ?
