Thanks, guys. Hmm. I don't see how it could hurt the shaft any if a few drops of oil were added occasionally, but I understand what you're saying, and thanks. But as I said above, I didn't have the tools (or time to find someone who did, since this is my daily driver) to get the old main front bearing driven out, so it's still whatever was in there before I rebuilt the rest of it. One of these days when I tear down the old bomb for a ground up restoration, I'll put the new bearing in it and check the brushes in it. OR- if it goes out before then. I'm not lazy, but I've always been a firm believer in "if it works, don't fix it". For example, the $185 water pump, gasket, pulley and thermostat I just bought 'just in case' the pump was bad, will sit in their box until the day that it actually fails. But when I do get in there and tear apart that generator, I will remember this. Thanks again, everybody! The truck is still whizzing (quietly- well, as quietly as an old '56 235 can be) down the roads of southeast Missouri as of now.
