Abstract: A method of manufacturing a molded wheel and brake assembly. The molded wheel has a housing or hub with an axial bore therein with a first diameter and a smaller second diameter. The surface of the second diameter is finished in order to establish concentricity between that portion of the axial bore and the peripheral surface of the wheel. A cylindrical member is machined to establish a guide section separated from a knurled section by a relieved section on the peripheral surface thereof between a first end and a second end. The first end is positioned in the first diameter of the axial bore and a force applied to move the cylindrical member in the axial bore. The guide surface engages the second diameter to align the knurled section in the axial bore. On further movement of the cylindrical member, the knurled section broaches the hub to thereafter prevent rotative movement between a brake assembly located in the cylindrical member and the housing or hub.