Patent ID: 7216745

Claim:
A method of mounting slidable friction elements in a spot-type automotive disc brake, the method comprising: providing a disc brake comprising a rotatable mounting and a plurality of axially slidable, rotatable brake discs being slidably mounted on said rotatable mounting together with at least one pair of friction elements located in working positions at opposite sides of each of said discs for frictional engagement with braking surfaces on said discs under action of an actuating system for said friction elements; providing a mounting and guiding and supporting structure for said friction elements comprising an axially fixed caliper straddling a periphery of said discs and operatively axially fixed and circumferentially spaced axially-extending guides mounted to said fixed caliper for supporting said friction elements; providing the circumferential spacing of said spaced guides permitting at least some of said friction elements to be located in their working positions by insertion edgewise and in a direction generally towards an axis of rotation of said brake discs onto said guides without removing said brake discs and said guides, and said some of said friction elements being adapted to be mounted and supported and guided for axial sliding movement on said guides relative to said fixed caliper when in use of said brake; and said method comprising mounting at least said one of said friction elements onto said guides by such insertion.