Patent ID: 7404472

Claim:
An opposed piston disc brake caliper comprising: a caliper housing arranged for mounting a pair of brake shoes adiacent to each other on each side of a rotor, said rotor being disposed between adiacent pairs of brake shoes, each of said brake shoes having a backing plate and a friction lining applied to said backing plate, each backing plate having a radially inner edge and a radially outer edge relative to said rotor when mounted in said caliper housing and side edges extending therebetween; a piston associated with each of said brake shoes and being operable to shift said respective brake shoe toward said rotor for engagement of said friction lining with said rotor to effect braking, said caliper housing accommodating said pistons; and three mounting members extending from side walls of said caliper housing on each side of said rotor, said mounting members extending in a direction toward but terminating prior to said rotor, each side edge of each backing plate being engaged by one of said mounting members such that two of said three mounting members are positioned to respectively engage an outer of said side edges of said backing plates of said brake shoes, and a third of said three mounting members is positioned to engage an inner of said side edges of each of said backing plates of said brake shoes, wherein said engagement substantially limits movement of each brake shoe other than in a direction toward or away from said rotor, and wherein said third mounting member is removable, and following removal of only the third mounting member, each of said pair of brake shoes can be removed from said caliper housing.