once the 1st bearing is seated the spacer should hold true. never, EVER strike the inner race of a bearing you plan on using again. period. golden rule. if you do, you will dimple the races and basically ruin it from the get go.
you can use, in lieu of a press, a large socket with all thread thru it to pull the bearing through from the other side of the wheel. this is the lowest impact way to do it. we just did a set of kz mags this way, took like 15 minutes to do both wheels.
Interest but not sure what you mean exactly....what does " with all thread thru it to pull the bearing through from the other side" mean? A tool that mates to the other side and pulls the bearing to the seat?
Thanks
Paul
I have been keeping quiet, and not pressing further, but in reality this whole "assembly of parts..." if assembled correctly,
like everything present, and in it's correct positions; yields the exact same outcome when the axle bolt and nut are tightened together.. when the spacer that is slid onto the axle, and resides inside the drive housing, comes into contact with the face of the wheel bearing, and everything is tightened, it will pull the bearings inwards, onto the inner wheel spacer, and the resulting stackup of parts goes "solid" between the fixed points of the swingarm, and drive housing.. internally. thats why there is no clip on the drive side bore...
As far as the right side wheel bearing, the one with the "C" clip, it really cannot be driven in far enough to offset this. It stops on the internal step of that bore, and never has more than about 1mm of clearance to that "C"clip..if even that much... probably much less.. if the clip is in place, and the farside bearing is not "pinching" on the hub spacer tube, it will be drawn down the same as doing it as was noted.
This is what has me so baffled... if everything was there, the clip was in the groove, worst case scenario would be the bearings get forced together tight on the wheel spacer, and when the nut is backed off, and wheel "spun, and then retightened" .. it MUST clear.