Internal Gear Hub maintenance help

Sweet cheers!

When I opened it up, really didn't appear to be a lot of wear on the gears like I expected, I did find a decent amount of pitting though. Only real thing of note was the lack of a decent freewheel! if you take feet off pedals it becomes a whirlwind of shin pain lol.

Sounds like the bearings are too tight. There should be very slight play at the rim. You always see old AW hubs doing this - they're easy to adjust though.