Rear axel reinstalling

[Aidenhall1970]

I bought a disc brake conversion kit and upon installation of the rear axel it only goes in so far. The splines are lined up but it’s not going in all the way

 

[melsg5]

Did you contact the company you purchased the kit from?
Are you sure the bearing is fully pressed on the axle?
Did you use a soft faced hammer on the axle to drive it in?

 

[Aidenhall1970]

No
Yes
No I used a steel mallet

 

[melsg5]

Since I have no idea what parts you changed on the axle that the vendor supplied, contact them.
You are sure you used sufficient force to install the axle?

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[Aidenhall1970]

Since I have no idea what parts you changed on the axle that the vendor supplied, contact them.
You are sure you used sufficient force to install the axle?

All I changed was I put a new wheel bearing and the brake kit has a metal plate in replace of the drum backing plate

 

[melsg5]

Did you accurately measure the outside diameter of the old bearing compared to the new one?

 

[Aidenhall1970]

No I took the new bearings and the axels into my local shop to be replaced and pressed on

 

[melsg5]

So now the only thing you can do is verify you installed the correct part number bearings and then measure a second set of them to compare to the ones you had pressed on.
What year is the car, what manufacturer and part# bearing did you install?

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[Aidenhall1970]

It’s a 1970 with the 10 bolt rear end. I don’t remember exactly what part number the new bearings are but I’ll dig around for the receipt