Well, I spent way too much time on the internet today looking for suitable replacemement pulleys. In another thread, Akflyer, or maybe it was PaulGC, was also looking into getting some smooth-functioning pulleys for their scale water rudder rigging... if either of you two see this message, let me know if you were you able to locate some.

Ideally the pulleys should be no more than 1/4 inch outside diameter. Proctors are perfect in their size, but the brass wheel just will not roll very well when tension is applied. Maybe I just need to ease off the tension.

Anybody have any suggestions?

Thanks