Your right Grumpy it is cast iron
Close up of left side axle shaft
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Close up of right side axle shaft
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Close up of boss with part of ring gear, there is no key way securing it just a tight fit with the criss cross pattern to grip.
One little crack with age and it will start to spin.
The boss is one inch and a quarter high
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