[DanEC]

Well, I've been tied up with yard chores but tried to get back on assembling the Toploader today but had a fail. Tried to get the rear bearing on with heat as advised but didn't make it. Heated it to about 400 deg and got it on about half way before it seized and ended up having to remove it again. After that it I didn't like the way it looked or spun any longer so decided to spend $18 on a new one. There was some sign of scoring in the bearing center from the shaft so I decided to approach this differently. This time I'm going to polish the shaft with emery cloth and get it good and slick and also use emery cloth on a large socket to polish and oversize the bearing bore a thousand or so to remove most of the interference fit to where I hope to be able to tap it on with a brass punch. If it stops moving I'll find a way to get the monster inside my 8 ton press and press it on with a piece of pipe.