You should be able to buy the bearings locally from an industrial supply. They have a number on them and they should be standard. If you can't find them locally, I'm sure Dadant can supply them, no problem.

Wash your leather gloves in warm water, let them dry and apply some Lexol or other leather conditioner if they don't soften up after washing.

first timers often operate the extractor with the gate closed, which makes it harder and harder to use.

Howdy Faith --

What ccrb is saying is that if the extracted honey in the
bottom of the tank is touched by the baskets, it keeps the
basket assembly from turning. It would be rare for the
bearings to be worn out.

Doc

Yep, that's what I was saying.

Two ways to clean honey off gloves.

Put the gloves where bees can find them.

Wash them in hot water.