it's back together, cleaned primary clutch, replaced some bearing's that were missing, thought about what you said Norm about the distance piece, the only way was to turn the reel sprocket opposite to the pic,did the trick just need the nylon piece's that work the reel clutch will make some i guess. the binding damage was from the the guy i got it from,like me he tried a few way's but gave up,Norm,Jack,Paul,Greenpool,thank you...i will say these mower's are fast i am almost running to keep up.will post pic's soon cheer's