For the record, your mod has been the most accomplished piece I have seen since Chopmeisters Nanoblock regarding direct drive extrusion with the Ultimaker 1. I consider it the next logical step after bowden extrusion, it just enables you to do so much more with a simple machine. So many different materials to test!
I am very excited about your work, keep at it!
I don't know if you know the hyena bolt of shop.arcol.hu, and its owner László Krekács, I had his Bolt running in one of my U1 back when I was a student and it worked very well, maybe you could ask him to machine a custom drive ge