Some suggestions on splitting this sleeve

[Blue Chips]

I've spent (read wasted)hours searching/inquiring for these bearings or similar, found some that would make for a very good substitute and inexpensive from Motion Ind. unfortunately, they require a minimum 300 quantity to purchase. They show as singularly available on the website, going to try that and see how far it goes. Strange thing is a inadvertent email quote was received for 80 of them, I sense a rat in the wood pile. Hind sight being 20-20 should have just made them to begin with, they would have been done by now.

So much time is wasted looking, as annoying as the internet is I am very glad for it, seems almost like one can't get along with out it though I built one of these helicopters in the early 70's with no internet, imagine that, no internet......