"Neil" wrote:

Having trouble laying my hands on those Jeff but this is the pin in question. If you have one, I'll definitely take it and the locking tab that goes with it (two if you have them). You can see it's 4B6691 in the parts diagram, and here's a couple of photos of it in the process of being drilled out. You can see I've cut it through to remove the anchor which has enabled me to get the drill bit nicely lined up. It's not an original pin because it has a hex head on it. The standard shafts are retained with a lock tab

"Neil" wrote:

Made some more progress today. Dismantled the final drive - ummed and ahhed about it - leave it alone vs. what if the bearings are bad, and I'm glad I trusted my intuition because as the pictures show, the bearings are on the way out.
Question to the brains trust - this machine's not realistically going to get a lot of work - should I just continue with that rusty pinion gear based on, say less than 100 hours a year or am I asking for trouble if I don't replace it? The driven gear is fine.

"d2gary" wrote:

I was able to make some new shafts for the brake linkage pivot. 3/4" 1018 cold rolled shaft. Drilled out the brake linkage and final housing with a 3/4 drill bit. Put the 3/4 shaft in the lathe and turned it down for clearance. Used a thin wheel on a 4" grinder to cut the notch for the retainer.
Not real pretty but looks like it should work. Shaft was $1.98 A foot and about 1/2 hour to make