Tracked down a good older machinist I'd never met before with a natural curiosity, hellacious workshop, and like-minded love of old iron this morning - and he got me going and we had a great time visiting, too! Even showed me some of the old iron he had hidden out back I didn't know about even though I drive by his place quite a lot. So it was a great morning! ha ha...
I'm surprised, but he found that the shaft was about 20 thousandths out of line. He got it straightened back to within 2.
I was surprised it was bent, mainly since I could rotate it in the bore - and I never felt a tighter/looser spot while rotating it... I guess the bore is so smooth & round, it was just uniformly binding all the way around...
Anyway, if it helps anyone else - that hardened shaft is so hard, not even auto body sanding paper will do anything to it but shine it up. So if you run into a similar thing, check for straightness.
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