an update to the situation
as always murphys law and snaf u were totally in effect this past weekend.
There I was, with all of the parts the right tools. The second wheel after a smooth installation of the first.
Punching the race in with a race punch tool, whack whack crack and the piece of the hub shatters and goes flying off.
More research, i figure i can simply replace the hub. I make a run and buy a hub, go to install...the nut wont fit on...this isnt right...oh look at that our hub is 4 inches when the old one is 3.5...a ``short hub`` as they call it.
tow the boat home on a broken hub sketchy...its now in georgetown. i make some calls today...ya the hubs dont exist anymore...gotta replace the entire axle now. 1 week turnaround if you can bring the axle into them.
So ya im renting a boat in alabama and my boat is now stuck in the gta...great.
someone tell my old man, you dont try to fix whats not broken. We should have never tried replacing the bearings in the first place, they looked to be in great shape when we pulled the old ones out.