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Abstract

A tool kit includes an assemblage of components for aligning and installing a ball bearing set in a skate wheel. Ball bearing sets conventionally have outer and inner annular bearing races and a central axle hole. The assemblage includes a base having a lower surface and a cylindrical wall defining an upwardly opening cavity in the base. A generally planar, upwardly facing annular shoulder at the top of the wall surrounds the cavity. The assemblage also includes a guide shaft tool mounted in the cavity. The tool includes an elongated guide shaft extending upwardly from the base. The longitudinal axis of the shaft is extends concentrically relative to the shoulder of the base and generally perpendicularly relative to the plane of the shoulder of the base. A collar on the shaft presents another upwardly facing shoulder surrounding the shaft. The shoulders are coplanar, and the shaft and the shoulders are arranged such that when the guide shaft extends through the central axle hole of a set of bearings, the outer and inner bearing races are supported separately by respective annular shoulders to thereby avoid damaging the bearing set during insertion of the same into the bearing hole of a skate wheel. The kit also may include an elongated cylindrical bearing set carrying casing which is mountable on the base to provide a single package to be carried by the user.

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