Slowly making some progress. The bearing removal was a roadblock, I could not get any of the methods posted to work, or bring myself to drop the hubs off at a shop and pay a premium for minimum shop time for something I should easily be able to do myself with the right tool. I figured I knew enough mechanical contractors one was bound to have a blind bearing puller, but no luck. Until a couple of fan mechanic brothers tack welded a nut to the bearings, popped them out, AND supplied new bearings "thanks guys".
So was left with this, just a few deep scratches:
After some wet sanding and polishing:
The rest of the rear hub:
The middle ridges I just cleaned up the best I could, so porous I cant see myself wet sanding them out. I also didnt spend a lot of time on the sprocket, I figure its mostly hidden, will get covered in grease, and after some clicks will get replaced anyway. The photo dosnt do the sprocket cover justice.
The new brake shoe install went real smooth, not tapered like the originals, but mechanic tells me thats no problem, they fit and rotate great.
The original rims are scratched from what looks like a do it yourself rubber replacement, so will try to unload them and the original spokes nice and cheap on ebay. Have the new ss rims, and ordering ss spokes. Planned next is powder coat the frame/swing arm, but first a three week ride on the shadow.
