I went through the same thing last month. After cutting the race off, sourcing the bearings, and costing the machine work it ended up close to 500.00. so I trashed that idea.
I did find a guy who has a set of (3) NOS spindle bearings, but he wanted 140 per unit, and like previously said is it worth it? never mind having to find replacements in the future. Trashed that idea.
I did what J-Mech said, I was able to find some of the 48" cast housings. Just know that they aren't the same as the 38/42" decks, and the spindles shafts are different too.
Mike
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