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So I understand this correctly. The bearings do mate together parrallel and flush with each other? It's the caps of the bearings that have a taper to the horizontal surfaces that mate to the headstock. Hope I described that clearly? Then work can begin on bearing fitment to spindle by means of scraping.
Hi Cadillac, Thats about the size of it. You're never going to get the bearing shell truly round, and really very carefully scraping in is about the only real way of getting a good shaft to shell fit. Without the ability to close up the shells, you won't be able to discover where to scrape.
If the shells meet without grabbing the spindle shaft, then the only place you can remove any material, is from the mating edges of the top shell.