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I felt around on the inside again and there were some faint breaks in the smoothness that I figured were impeding it. I filed the inside for a few seconds and managed to get it on there. It didn't slide on quite like the upper bearing but everything is seated fully and the sleeve can spin freely...

Correct. One end of the sleeve makes it past the slot for the snap right, but the other end does not. There doesn't appear to be anything wrong with the sleeve (dent, burr, etc).

Hey all. I've gone through and cleaned most of my Craftsman 100 and I'm working on reassembly of the spindle pulley assembly at the moment. The spindle and pulley sleeve isn't going on easily. I got the first bearing on no problem, but the sleeve stops part way down. Does this thing have an...

Hey I just joined because of this thread, it's a great resource. I picked up a Craftsman 100 yesterday, it looks to be a '53 model (103.23131) in pretty good condition. I got most of the table rust off of it with a Scotch-Brite pad and some WD40. I did have some questions though and was...