RE: McCulloch 835AV any good?
I've taken .020" brass shim stock and cut washers to place between the front bearing and crank, but if you go to your local hardware store they usually have the little bins and usually some bronze thrust bearings in there but the closest they had was twice as thick as the space I had available.
If the bore and piston look in decent shape there's always a frank bowman ring, should wake it up, ring land might just need freshening.