Dan, I cant thank you enough for taking the time to disassemble the spindle on one of your machines. You saved me allot of head scratching!
A couple of days after your last post I did exactly what you did and I got the inner shaft out. It seems that the roller bearing is OK. But I will probably replace that also while I am at it. All three of the 7008AC/TBTB are shot and will need replacing. No wonder, because the upper bearing have a broken seal, and it sure looks like there is rusty liquid on the inside.
Lucky enough the roller and ball bearings are easily available here in Norway. But they are pricey. The cheapest supplier i could find would sell me one NN3007K and
three 7008AC/TBTB for no less then 1274USD (11000NOK).

What do you think about using a hydraulic press to force the spacer (nr-7) and the ball bearings off? I would turn a spacer that fits over the drawbar and press it from there?