Yes.
That trick can take out the play and prevent the inner race from spinning on the spindle. A professional method would be to knurl the shaft. 

Dennis. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Neil N
Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2016 2:22 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: {front} wheel bearings on an '88 Westy

I think you mentioned this before Dennis, but would making 3 equal spaced punch marks at spindle where bearing inner race seats help?
Or have I misunderstood what is meant here?

Neil.

On 5/27/16, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:

> More concerning is that most of these spindles now have enough wear on 
> them that the outer bearing is not a tight fit.

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