Corvette JABO

Last summer I sheared a rear spindle in my passenger side trailing arm. I received all the replacement parts yesterday and was going to drop everything off at a local mechanic to assemble everything for me tonight after work. I purchased parts to do both sides right away (spindles, inner/outer bearings, races, spacers, shims, nuts). Here is where I need your help. I disassembled the trailing arms, the inner bearing slide on and off the old spindle real easy. I can not get the new bearings to slide on the new spindles, the new / old bearings have the same part number. I know that the outer bearings have to be pressed on/off. Should the inner bearings slide on/off the spindle just as easy as the old ones or should they have to be pressed on like the outer bearings? Not sure if I should call the place where I purchased them from or take some emery cloth to that side of the spindle (inner)?
Jabo

Sigforty

All the bearings for the rear are press fit from the factory. It sounds like someone sanded down the old spindles to make them slip fit. Either way works.

Corvette JABO

Thank you!
I was a little worried about dropping them off and having the mechanic complain that there was an issue with the spindle.

Mike Ward

Which might be why the old ones failed. The more I read on this topic the more I will stay with the factory tight fit.