axle shaft onto birfield

[jblueridge]

After I had the sense to clean away the grease I found that my shattered birfield had chewed up the longer front axle shaft.

I got a used axle shaft and 2 new birfields from Cruiser Outfitters.
Non-toyota parts

I had to use a lot more force than I thought to get the axle shaft into the birfield. A lead mallet helped as did slamming the assembly down hard onto a board.
The birfield is now about 0.1 inches = 2.5mm from the spring clip. Do I keep going?

 

[OGBeno]

Trail Gear junk. No thanks.

You need to hammer it home till the inside cage gets to the c-clip.

 

[jblueridge]

Thanks Beno!
Hopefully the junk will work out for me.