Sometimes taper pins are hard to see through rust and paint. Your second photo in your most recent post shows the end view of a pulley. At the 10:00 o'clock position there appears to be a dimple, or indent in the surface of the bracket - tucked up towards the big end of the pulley. Is this another pin???
I have no experience with the VN assembly, but shafts are shafts, mostly. Gunk, grime, and pins are the usual suspects when a shaft won't come out. Penetrating oil in copious quantities is a good thing. Also try heating the shaft a little with a propane touch. Then flood it with penetrating oil- repeatedly over several days - if necessary. The heat will expand the metal slightly and break any residual seal around the shaft, then the oil will shrink it and draw deeper into the journal or bearing as it cools. it might just pop loose when you least expect it.
If I haven't offered , I have a belt lacer or two and some of the lacing joiners. A couple pieces of belting but not much , of course if I do have your size it wouldn't be enough. No that's usually my luck. So if you need to let me know. Hell I can sell ya one if ya want.
Paul, I mentioned heating the shaft as I had a similar problem when rejuvenating my Dalton lathe earlier this year. The pulley would turn on the shaft, but would not budge off the shaft. Turns out it was rusted tightly to the shaft. The corrosion over the years formed an impenetrable barrier to the Kroil oil. Hence the heat treatment to break it free. Once the barrier was broken the Kroil was free to penetrate the shaft enuf to withdraw it.Thanks Glenn,
That indent you detected is just an oil hole in the bracket to lubricate the shaft. Anyway, the shaft turns freely in the bracket . . . it's just that I can't turn, or slide, the pulley on the shaft. I filled the setscrew hole in the pulley with Kroil and let's see if anything loosens. That pulley is a pretty large mass of steel so I'll first give it time.
Paul