Abstract:
A sliding caliper cooperates with an axially fixed rotatable disc to exert braking forces on the disc and transmit the braking torque from the caliper to a fixed support member. The caliper is slidably mounted on a single mount and guide pin which is fixed to the fixed caliper support. The caliper has a leg extending generally radially along one side of the disc, the leg having a cylinder formed therein and receiving the brake actuating piston. The leg also has an aperture through which the single mount and guide pin is received in sliding, guiding, and supporting relation. The leg has side surfaces positioned in circumferentially spaced relation relative to the disc and abutting mating surfaces on the fixed support member. The caliper is arcuately movable about the axis of the single guide and support pin to take up tolerance between the mating surfaces, depending upon the rotation of the disc during braking, the mating surfaces on the caliper leg transmitting brake torque to the fixed support member and effectively preventing arcuate movement of the caliper while permitting caliper removal from the disc when the single mount and guide pin is removed.