Guys I had to stop for acouple minutes and share with ya'll what I just learned about assembly of the apron.I am so glad that I decided to take the worm gear back apart and check one more time.You know during taking apart an apron or whatever it is I always lay it out one piece at a time in order so that after cleaning I can put it back together the same way.So my mistake that I made I had the worm gear laying out with all the parts in order so putting it back together with the new felt,all going good so far.But after assemble the worm gear was hard to turn,not by hand but with wrench.At first I was thinking that its the new felt which I did soak them down with oil.Guys it just did not feel right so I took the pin out of the collar and remove the collar to take a look at the felt on that side.Nothing stood out what might be wrong and yes taking it back apart I layed it out in order.But the collar has a very small ridge on it that goes against the bushing which I had the collar turned the wrong way.So just flipping the collar around,will I be dang little simple mistake created such a problem.So I corrected my mistake and now it turns so easy as it should.Just one of many lifes lesson-----kroll
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