I will take some photos of the gear sprockets and send them through later, as for those rear roller bearings I made the same conclusion that they seem good enough to clean up and reuse considering the effort and price to replace them and I agree they don't do anywhere as much work and speed as the other bearings so they should keep going. I even phoned Anthony Bearings in Melbourne who manufactured the original bearings 40 years ago and they said " we don't make them anymore" but he was very helpful and when I told them that everyone's looking for them and they said "we know"
The reel was stripped by hand but not bead blasted, I took as much off first with a wire brush which isent much then dipped it into Hydrochloric acid. It would be so much more quicker if I had a deep enough drum to do it in one hit but you use alot of acid plus that's alot of fumes thats not good for your health if you accidentally inhale it. Acid can take the reel down to what you see in 20mins but highly toxic and proper eyewear, gloves and gas masks need to be worn (not dust mask)I only like to use it in small portions. I also used electrolysis but that takes time and I don't believe is as good as the acid bath, however if you do this first it takes a good portion of rust off so then you can finish it off with the acid.
