[Jim M]

Thanks for all the wonderful ideas. Just wanted to post back that I did get them in first try! I cleaned everything up CLEAN, greased everything real well then put the bearings on the end of the shaft, shoved the shaft all the way in till the bearing was just hitting. Used my hands to slightly turn the bearings and put a little pressure on them till I could feel them starting. I then took a small block of oak wood and tapped on the end of the shaft and bearing and they began to go in. Every few pops of the hammer and I took the block off to see how it was going. A couple of checks I saw that one side of the bearing was not quite as far in so I put the block on and hit that side a couple of times till they were straight the continued the project. It feels SOOOO good when the plan actually goes the way you planned it! Thanks again for all the posts. Jim