it should be ok for now, tbh i dunno if he will even ride it much anymore. going over to sydney in a week or so and as i still have his old bike at mine i figured id get it running so we could have a roll and so i could get it out of my shed.
the bearing race and shoulder looked fine when i had it apart, i know what you mean though, cos the aluminium tube spacers in the middle of odyssey hubs used to deform like that, and would cause bearings to die really quickly