Lots of great information. Being able to make them last even for just another 10 years, or so, as you stated would not be bad at all. If you can actually get this accomplished for anywhere near $100 I think it would be a great deal. I also think the guy on MR2oc.com probably expected it to come out much higher in order to replace the bearings, plus he didn't even figure on trying to treat the lobes at all. The 3M material really sounds interesting.

No Need to cad up the housing - just need to open them up to 47mm. I have the replacement bearings now - Stainless steel fully sealed, working speed is up to 40,000 RPM - these are high quality units and are so close to std for size.
 
If I can get the housing 'eased' out I will get it together this weekend and fab a test bench using a spare induction motor.
 
I'll try to post the results this weekend ...

Looking forward to your bearing outcome. After finally getting my AW11 finished and restored back to factory (bar the pulley upgrade and manual conversion) the only problem I have is the SC bearings. I have a spare SC I haven't bothered to try but I'll be looking into that next and replacing the bearings on the current SCer once the spare is fitted.