Rear wheel bearing, have I screwed up?

[Lee]

Okay, so whats the trick?

Squeezed the hub into bearing so it was all the way home. Bearing then felt tight laterally. "Encouraged" the shaft splines into the hub, with a block of wood and "tapping stick". Just can't quite get the shaft in far enough to get the nut started.

Yes both sets of splines were cleaned and greased.

Is there some magic clamp tool out there for squeezing the shaft into the hub?

We have this issue with every set of drive shafts we refit. The trick we’ve found is to clean each channel on the spline with a small file, luckily we have one that fits perfect and removes any high spots.

 

[t-tony]

I use a triangular file if you have one of them.

Tony.

 

[Althulas]

I purchased
Mekanik Drive Shaft Puller... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07N2SLQY2?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
as my shafts were such a pig to separate and was expecting the same on install but I did as Tony and Lee said and gave the shafts a clean up with a file but I still used the tool I bought for effortless install.

 

[smiffy]

Hmmm, better go see if I can split the again. . Only needed 4-5mm.