Freelander 1 Propshaft bearings not fully seated

I've had a garage replace my propshaft bearings. I supplied these bearings (https://rimmerbros.com/Item--i-TOQ000040P1). The viscous coupling has a collar / flange on each shaft against which the bearings and their washers/dust shield are meant to be seated.

The garage have not pressed in the front bearing fully, leaving about 1.5mm clear. The washer on the viscous coupling side of the bearing is easy to move by hand.

Would fitting the propshaft universal joint and tightening to the correct torque (65Nm) normally be enough to seat the bearing correctly? Basically, I'm thinking have they just not pressed the bearing in far enough, or have they potentially not fitted the front propshaft properly.

Tightening the VCU bolts will, or should seat the bearings against the VCU shaft flanges.

Thanks. I thought that would be the case, although 65Nm seems quite a high pressure if that were all pressing on the bearings. Also, there's a good how-to guide here (https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/freelander-1-vcu-bearing-replacement-how-to-guide.156068/) which suggests pushing the inner washers, hinting at a bit of free play. The picture doesnt show the propshaft attached at that point, so perhaps the sequence is a bit out there.

Hippo said:

Using a screwdriver, carefully push the inner washer towards the VCU bearing to reduce the gap to stop ingress of dirt. Repeat this at the other end of the VCU, on the inner washer.

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Also, to complicate matters, the garage also changed the front propshaft. They fitted one of these (http://www.propshaftrepairs.com/lan...p-propellor-shaft-tvb000090-propshaft-repairs). It's a Driveline Engineering brand.

I was thinking maybe the UJ could be slightly out of spec on this, hence not seating the bearing as snuggly.

Does anyone have any experience of fitting this brand?