Is there a secret trick for installing axle shafts?

Out of curiosity....what can be done in advance of, or during the axle removal to prevent the splines from mis- aligning?

If you remove both axles while you have the car jacked up you usually won't encounter this problem. Most of the time a problem occurs because the sg was taken apart a put back together without axles stubs( I have two cut off axles that I stick in the holes) when I am bolting the sg halves back together.