CFM, you were right, there was two rockers that had that area already ground away. Moved them and the problem looks to be solved!
I took the motor off the stand tonight, my stand is a pile of crap, and it looked like it was about to break... was making me nervous. Anybody who's going to start a build like this, buy a good stand... Chances are your first build is going to be sitting on the stand longer than you thought
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-11/883775/bent.jpg
like this Shaun??