Man, I haven't laughed that hard in a long time, DistantSmoke!

Sorry, but the image you painted was pure LOL!

Check out the TSBs at the FAQ.  There is one for the rear wheel bearings.  Suzuki changed the design of the bearing so that the separate spacer is integrated into the bearing itself.  Here is a picture from a thread at ZukiKrawlers.com:



See the brass spacer to the right of the bearing race?  Old bearings come with that ring separately.  Here is another picture from the same thread:



New-style bearings have that spacer integrated into the bearing race.  Sometimes the spacer in an old bearing mysteriously "disappears" as it sits on an auto parts store shelf. I have actually had that happen twice!  So carefully inspect the bearing when you pick it up at the parts store.  There should be a raised side machined into the bearing OR there should be a spacer packed in with the bearing.

Hope that this helps!



BTW, I stand corrected.

zuknation.net

Sorry about that, John...
 

Another shade tree way of getting the axle's free is to loosen the bolts and drive around the block a time or two. The force of the turns when driving on the loose retainer will help free the axle.

Only do this just before removal, you don't want to drive around for a week like this. Bad things will happen.

  -Adam

Ack I had to laugh at myself on that one. 

The  13# slide hammer, backer plate, and axle  flew right between my legs and up under my bench splattering me from the waist down and everything else at that level in the shop with gear lube. Then to my amazement another quart dumped out of the housing on the floor around my feet before i could think of what to do next. All in all it wasn't so bad....I got the axle out and got rid of all that extra kitty litter I had sitting around the shop.
Here is a picture of what the axles will be installed under...2004 Yamaha Rhino