Apparatus for disassembling and assembling skate wheels

A wheel assembling and disassembling apparatus for installing bearings in and removing bearings from a wheel having bearing seats and an axis of rotation, said apparatus comprising a frame, a push-pull member mounted on said frame for back and forth movement along an axial path between extended and retracted positions, a wheel support for supporting a wheel in a bearing-removal position in which said axis of rotation is parallel with said axial path, said push-pull member having at one end thereof bearing-gripper means and at the other end thereof a pusher head, a wheel guide assembly pivotally mounted on said frame for movement between an assembly position in general alignment with said push-pull member and an access position displaced angularly from said assembly position, and handle means connected to said push-pull member for moving said push-pull member back and forth along said axial path between said extended and retracted positions whereby said bearing-gripper means is operable to engage a bearing on a bearing seat in a wheel supported on said wheel support in said bearing removal position and in response to movement of said push-pull member to said retracted position to remove said bearing from said wheel, said wheel guide assembly being operable to support an unassembled wheel and bearing in general alignment so that when said wheel assembly guide is located in said assembly position, movement of said push-pull member toward said retracted position causes said pusher head to engage and push said bearing onto said bearing seat in said wheel.