Many thanks for the replies!
If it were a problem, I wouldn't be able to do much about it at the moment, so it's almost all back together now (had to stop and cut the grass). Probably would have gone faster without these big short fingers trying to get the boot on. But, rolling the ends down helped a lot (thanks VRCC archives!).
But at least I got to lube the output shaft. It wasn't dry, but close. And a rear gear oil change while it was off.
Tomorrow I'll finish getting the back end together, then it's on to the front. Finally getting around to the fork re-re-rebuild. Got to check the slider over REAL close for any burns that might be eating the seal. Only lasted a month after the last rebuild...

Mike