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Tom, I have seen the shot you took of the fork. Looks to be ready for retirement, IMHO.
Now, wear is never on one part alone, except for someone having installed a new syncro and left the old, worn fork...???
So how much is missing already from the syncro's shift collar - or disk in this case-...
No, except that you could use high-load type ball bearings (BL) everywhere, instead of just inside the gears. (Their cost usually is x2 to x4, compared to std.)
Otherwise put in there what was listed.
Just avoid any other than good known US-made bearings!!
BTW, a shielded (NOT sealed!) bearing...
See diagram, below... it shows where goes which bearing, for the input shaft.
All 6 are deep groove ball bearings, with their specific (civilian) part numbers listed.
What I meant to say is that the bearings #5 (not the gears) are the ones which usually fail first.
If the T-case wasn't...
Usually what goes first is one of the smaller (BL210Z) bearings, inside the gears. For peace of mind I would replace all 6 bearings on the input shaft, besides the seal (Victor # 47431 or equiv.)
Also, while its open inspect the races of the tapered bearings for intermediate- and output-shafts...
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