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The wedges on either side did the trick. I did a little cleanup and lube on the shaft and the new sheave slid right on. I reinstalled the assembly and it works great. Thanks.

In order to replace the control sheave on a 30+ year-old Mark V I removed the control sheave/idler sheave assembly, but I can't get the control sheave off the shaft. It's stuck. In fact, the two sheaves seem to be stuck together. How do I get the control sheave to move? I'm new at this stuff...and ...