axle install

I got the new gaskets the other day and got some time this morning. Damn these things went HARD. I called the guy at Moser to see what I was doing wrong and he said nothing keep doing what im doing. So I would hammer on them with a dead blow. Rotate 180 do it again. Took FOREVER to get them things in. But they fit.


Now for the time being since I didnt have any do yall suggest lock washers on the backing plate/flange bolts that hold everything on?