TeagueExpeditionary

Title says most of it: I have a 2001 Tundra Limited TRD 4x4.
My rear axle seals blew out (clogged breather) so I’m replacing them and brakes etc.
Got the axles out easy and took them to a local Toyota shop to have new axle bearings pressed on. Put the new seals in. Got the axles back from the shop and got the drivers side in without a problem... but the passenger side refuses to go into the diff.
It will go just enough to catch and spin the opposite side but it absolutely will not go in the last inch and a half or so. I’ve tried wiggling it and spinning it and with the other side installed and not installed and nothing has worked. There is no remove-able rear diff cover so we’d have to pull the whole thing to get a better look and want to avoid that if possible. Any advice???

I've been filing and slowly getting it on more but it just seems stuck and I don't want to damage it more by hammering it in.

I’m very new to working on vehicles, my buddy who’s helping me do it all is more experienced than me and did this job on his 2wd 99 4Runner (no lsd) with no real hiccups so this is messing with our heads. I need it out of his driveway as soon as possible!

rattlewagon

EDITED. I didnt see the first part since the font is black:

"Title says most of it: I have a 2001 Tundra Limited TRD 4x4.
My rear axle seals blew out (clogged breather) so I’m replacing them and brakes etc.
Got the axles out easy and took them to a local Toyota shop to have new axle bearings pressed on. Put the new seals in. Got the axles back from the shop and got the drivers side in without a problem... but the passenger side refuses to go into the diff."


Any junk on the splines? Axle bent? if you have both shafts out, its not much more to pull the 3rd, even if its just for a piece of mind.