Manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus for wheel bearing device

The invention provides a manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus for a wheel bearing device. The wheel bearing device includes an outer ring member 3, an inner shaft member 4 that includes ashaft portion that has an inside raceway 7a and a flange portion 11, a plurality of rolling elements, a seal 30 provided at an end portion of the outer ring member 3 on the first axial side and including an axial lip 34a, and a lip contact surface provided on the side of the inner shaft member and contacted by the axial lip 34a, includes: processing the outside raceway with a distance in an axialdirection from a first reference position 3c being managed, a first reference position 3c being set on the outer ring member 3; and providing the seal 30 at a predetermined position, in the axial direction, of the outer ring member 3 with respect to the first reference position 3c. 本发明提供车轮轴承装置的制造方法和制造设备，车轮轴承装置包含：外环构件(3)；内轴构件(4)，包含具有内侧滚道(7a)的轴部和凸缘部(11)；多个滚动元件；密封件(30)，设置在外环构件(3)在第一轴向侧的端部处并包含轴向唇(34a)；和唇接触表面，设置在内轴构件(4)的一侧并被轴向唇