Wheel hub assembly fixture

A fixture assembly for locating and holding a wheel hub assembly for final finishing of a flange face of the wheel hub, comprising:

• a puller member having an outer housing, said outer housing intended to engage a bearing of the wheel hub assembly to apply a force thereto, said outer housing being moveable with respect to said puller member in order to bring a bottom surface of said outer housing into engagement with said bearing to apply a preload thereto;
• a drive mechanism for causing a wheel hub of the wheel hub assembly to rotate with respect to said bearing;
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• a lift mechanism for lifting the wheel hub assembly upward such that a surface of said bearing contacts said outer housing, said lift mechanism being engageable with said puller member such that said drive mechanism will rotate said puller member and said lift mechanism together to accomplish the final finishing of the flange face.

A fixture assembly for receiving a wheel hub assembly having a wheel hub flange face, a wheel hub neck portion, and a bearing, the assembly comprising:

• a rotating member that is intended to be received within said wheel hub neck portion, said rotating member being inserted into said neck portion from a rear side adjacent said bearing;
• a housing portion disposed about and moveable with respect to said rotating member in order to bring a bottom surface of said housing portion into engagement with said bearing to secure it while allowing rotation of said wheel hub;
• a drive mechanism that is in communication with said rotating member causing it to rotate with respect to said housing portion;
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• a hub assembly movement mechanism being engageable with said bearing to allow the wheel hub assembly to be moved such that said bearing engages said housing portion,
• said hub assembly movement mechanism being releasably engageable with said rotating member such that said drive mechanism will cause said rotating member and said hub assembly movement mechanism to rotate together thereby turning said wheel hub to allow final finishing of said wheel hub flange face.