Pinion bearing help

[BamBamblazer]

Ok i am trying to get my front gears in and i cant get my inner pinion bearing to go on. iI know it should be pressed on but the cage of the bearing is the highest piece.
yoke end
__ __ cage
-- --inner

I know it is a crude pic but if i was to put it in the press it would hit the cage and destroy the bearing. Any suggestions????
btw this is on a 10 bolt

 

[marine_enlisted]

Try throwing it in the oven at 350 or so, get it nice and warm and it might drop right on. When I used to work on tractors we always had a crock pot full of hydraulic oil that we used to warm up our bearings. Worked like a charm.

 

[ed1507]

take it to a napa store or a big a thay can press it on had mine done worked fine

 

[84_Chevy_K10]

Yep we do them at work all the time.

You put the bearing on a table with the pinion sticking through it and press on the top of the pinion and the bearing slides right on.

 

[K5MONSTERCHEV]

run some emory cloth over the pinion, where the bearing goes, to remove some of the pakarising (sp?). Press it on using the race.