update;

new bearing from local supply shop was $13.20 with company discount

Make: INA
Model: D1

ID: 0.500"
OD: 1.219"
Height: 0.563"

Capacity: Dynamic = 3850 #'s; Static = 5600 #'s

works great. had to modify (waller out) the hole in the handle because the bearing was taller (balls about twice the size of the old one) so the hole in the post did not have the clearance it did have. "fixing" the handle was easier..