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This evening I looked at my idler shaft bearing (water pump style) and noticed it was a FAG bearing from Canada. I few seconds later I realized that Schaeffler Technologies India bought out FAG. Anyways, I found their catalog for water pump bearings in case anyone was interested.

According to AI.... The bearing Shopsmith used was the FAG WK2523-1 bearing. I have emailed Schaeffler asking for the replacement.