Patent ID: 7992282

Claim:
A method for refinishing a brake, comprising the steps of: providing a brake lathe equipped with an arbor having a distal end and a proximal end; choosing for refinishing a brake formed with a hat portion extending monolithically from a first plane of the brake; removably sliding onto the arbor a reversible flange plate having a leading surface and a trailing surface that are structurally dissimilar to adapt to variably configured second planes of the brake; disposing a centering cone on the arbor; positioning a spring between the reversible flange plate and the centering cone; mounting slidably one or more adapter plates on the arbor; demountably attaching an arbor nut to the distal end of the arbor to secure the brake, reversible flange plate, spring, centering cone, and adapter plate on the arbor during operation; energizing the brake lathe to rotate the arbor; and applying a shaping tool to the brake to refinish the brake.