Quick-mount disc brake rotor

A disc brake rotor comprising:

• a) a rotor carrier having a central sleeve defining an axial opening therein, a number of splines positioned around the opening and engageable with corresponding splines of a rotor mount of a hub, and at least one slot disposed on the sleeve and extending through the sleeve and into the opening;
• b) a biased retainer clip having a body portion positionable around the rotor carrier, the body portion including at least one inwardly extending engaging portion releasably securable within the slot of the rotor carrier and a receptacle on the hub, and a pair of opposed ends that are movable with respect to one another to disengage the engaging portion from the slot and the receptacle.

A splined brake disc rotor that can be mounted on a splined hub and locked from axial movement with respect to the hub without using any tools.

A method comprising:

• sliding a splined brake disc rotor axially onto a correspondingly splined hub;
• and
• locking said rotor from axial movement relative to said hub by latching a securing member on one of the hub and the rotor against a receptacle on the other of the hub and the receptacle.

In a brake system including a brake rotor, a brake rotor carrier connected thereto and for engagement with a brake hub, a biased retaining member having at least one section that is at least partially insertable into the brake rotor carrier for retaining the brake hub with respect to the brake rotor carrier when the biased retaining member is inserted and released and wherein the biased retaining member is removable from the brake rotor carrier so as to move the at least one section from frictional contact with the retained brake hub by tool-free compression of the biased retaining member.