Stangitmo,
I would look at both of the mating gears also, and manually run the gear train in neutral through several revolutions to see if there is any obvious shaft damage. It will be difficult to see as the shafts are only supported on one end, but you are looking for bent shafts or excess gear play.
The mating gears receivers will also be rounded out and these may look serviceable.
Do not trust them. They will fail and you will be pulling it out again.
Check the open bearings for metal particles. Forks are soft and wear out. Depending on the service time on the Tranny oil you could have deposits in the bearings. After you clean them thoroughly, rotate them. "DO NOT USE AIR". Any roughness at all requires replacement. The ball bearings are the easiest to check this way. The needle bearings on the shaft ends are much more difficult to check this way. I pulled all the gears off and ran the plain shafts installed in the trap door and the door installed. You should do this dry, with no oil on the bearings. You are not 'spinning' the shafts, just checking the bearings for deposits and 'brinnelling' (roughness) of the bearings by slowly rotating the shafts.
Word Of Caution-If you remove any bearing from the installed location the bearing MUST be reinstalled in the same direction of rotation. It is probable that the bearings will feel loose and that is ok, you want the smoothness in rotation. New bearings will feel snug untill they run in. You should also check the end play of the shafts when the door is installed.
Sorry for the run on. I am not attempting to explain the obvious to you just wanting to help make this the only time you have to pull it out.
Good Luck and Ride Safe
Softtail.
