Patent ID: 7219778

Claim:
A method of assembling a wheel assembly, the method comprising: providing a brake rotor including a barrel section and a brake disc extending radially outwardly from the barrel section, the barrel section having an interior surface defining a barrel cavity and including a projection extending from the interior surface of the barrel section into the barrel cavity, the brake disc having a disc cavity; providing an exciter ring formed separately from the brake rotor; inserting the exciter ring through the disc cavity and into the barrel cavity; and engaging the exciter ring with the projection in the barrel section to removably connect the exciter ring to the brake rotor; wherein the exciter ring includes a detent and the wheel assembly defines an inboard side and an outboard side, and wherein inserting includes inserting the exciter ring into the barrel cavity from the inboard side to the outboard side, the detent passing by the projection from the inboard side to the outboard side upon insertion and the detent being positioned on the outboard side of the projection when the exciter ring is connected to the brake rotor.