Bearing advice needed (kinda long)

I have an off-brand lite utility vehicle that I had to pull one side of the rear axle recently. The problem is that one of the axle bearings that pass through the frame was very difficult to remove (but I did without damage to the bearing). I see no way of putting it back on in its current state. To put it on I would need to press it on the axle. Unfortunatly I cannot put the axle back in the frame with the bearing on. Can I take the bearing to a machine shop and have the inside diamater increased by .001"? (to make it easier to slide on the axle) Or should I look for one that I can clamp down on the axle (the axle is 1" dia.)? Suggestions.
Thanks,
MH

Once in a while we make a shaft to press fit into the ID of a bearing, but that is few and far between and something that fits in a press with ease.
Donovan from Wisconsin

Thanks again.
MH

Don"t know how this fits in the assembly but it may be possible for you to make a slide tool to help you seat the bearing. This would essentially be a sleeve that will clear the shaft OD but with enough clearance to slide freely. The od on this would contact the inner and maybe the outer race and allow you to tap the bearing into wherever it needs to go.

good luck with this

why not turn down the axle shaft?, probably much softer metal

if you have some way of rotating it, you could use wet type sandpaper and reduce the size yourself, might just be a layer of paint or rust causing your interference issue

on 2nd thought, you might need that interefernce to keep the bearing in place unless there are snaprings or such

You can also try heating the bearing a bit and then seeing if it will slip in place.