Abstract: A method of manufacturing an extruded steel component for use in a roller clutch assembly comprises initially providing a steel preform which defines a hollow shank part of the required component and which includes a hollow head portion tapering inwardly to the shank part, the external diameter of the head portion being substantially equal to the external diameter of a hollow head part of the required component, but the bore in the head portion having a diameter less than that required for the head part. Then with the preform positioned in a die cavity of the shape of the required component, an extrusion operation is performed on the head portion of the preform using a punch including inner and outer, relatively movable punch members, the inner punch member defining the shape of the bore required in the head part of the component.