Patent ID: 7370400

Claim:
A method of assembling joint components of a constant velocity universal joints comprising: providing an annular first joint component in the form of a ball cage with a greater diameter and with a first longitudinal axis (A 1 ); providing an annular or star-shaped second joint component with a smaller diameter and with a second longitudinal axis (A 2 ) for introduction into the first annular component, wherein, in the starting condition, an introducing aperture in the first joint component is smaller than the smallest radial projection area of the second joint component; and ovalizing the first joint component with at least four circumferentially distributed groups of forces for introducing the second joint component, with the first and second longitudinal axes (A 1 , A 2 ) being positioned perpendicularly relative to one another, wherein each group of forces comprises at least two forces, wherein the forces of each group, if viewed in a longitudinal section of said first joint component, are directed towards a common point on said first longitudinal axis.