well i started puting everything back together and got the bearing preload adjusted and everything looked great, until the sprocket. for some reason i took the sproket off the holder, wasn't thinking straight, and when i went to put it back on three of the bolts gaulded even with anti-seize on them. there is no bolts to be found around here to fit. even the local machine shop was stumpped when trying to figure out the thread pitch. turrns out to be a 1.75 pitch metric an 1 1/2" long, stainless steel. i have some coming from dallas that will be here in the morning. thank goodness for companies that want to stay in good with our plant.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img] thanks again for the help!