A hub unit for a wheel, having an outer ring, a hub, an inner element, and rolling bodies. The outer ring has two rows of bearing raceways on its inner periphery. The hub has a wheel installation
flange on the outer end side, has an end section on the vehicle center side in the axial direction, and has, integrally or as a separate body, on its outer periphery a first bearing raceway corresponding to a bearing raceway on the vehicle outer end side in the axial direction of the outer ring. The inner
ring element is fitted on the end section side of the hub, has on its outer periphery a second bearing raceway facing the bearing raceway on the vehicle center side in the axial direction of the outer ring, and fixed to the end section of the hub by plastically deforming the end section radially outward. The rolling bodies are interposed between the two bearing raceways of the outer ring and the first and second bearing raceways. The outer
diameter of the plastically deformed section of the end section is set smaller than the
diameter of that section of the inner
ring element which is fitted on the hub, the start point of the small
diameter section is positioned between the start point of a chamfered section on the inner
peripheral surface of the inner
ring element and a vehicle center side end surface of the inner ring element, and the end section is plastically deformed radially outward to fasten and fix the inner ring element. Alternatively, a continuous circumferential groove can be provided close to the chamfered section of an inner end section on the inner
peripheral surface of the inner ring element.