Help with motor starting problem (single phase)

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Glad to hear it!
Bearings still in good shape then?

yes, they seemed fine.

My motor-side pulley is damaged on the smallest two sheaves. Unless somebody knows where to source a replacement (I haven't found any 5-step pulleys), I will likely convert to a 3ph+VFD, but at least it's operational now at the higher speeds.