Anchor bracket and brake shoe assembly for use in a disc brake assembly

A method for producing an anchor bracket adapted for use in a disc brake assembly, the disc brake assembly including a pair of brake shoes supported on the anchor bracket, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing an anchor bracket having a pair of axially and outwardly extending angled arms;
• providing a milling fixture having at least one milling cutting member which is moveable in a direction toward and away from at least one of the arms of the anchor bracket, the milling cutting member including a milling end oriented at a desired angle with respect to the anchor bracket;
• and
• operating the milling cutting member whereby the milling end produces a milled slot in each of the arms of the anchor bracket, each of the milled slots defining a center, the centers of the milled slots being located along a common arc of the anchor bracket, and the milled slots in the arms of the anchor bracket adapted to receive a generally correspondingly shaped end of the brake shoes so as to slibably support the brake shoes on the arms of the anchor bracket.

A method for producing an anchor bracket adapted for use in a disc brake assembly, the disc brake assembly including a pair of brake shoes supported on the anchor bracket, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing an anchor bracket having a pair of axially and outwardly extending angled arms, the arms including a pair of inboard ends and a pair of outboard ends, at least one of the inboard ends and the outboard ends of said arms being interconnected by a tie bar, the anchor bracket including a first pair of spaced apart openings and a second pair of spaced apart openings;
• providing a milling fixture having at least one milling cutting member which is moveable in a direction toward and away from at least one of the arms of the anchor bracket, the milling cutting member including a milling end oriented at a desired angle with respect to the anchor bracket;
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• operating the milling cutting member whereby the milling end produces a generally rectangular shaped milled slot in each of the arms of the anchor bracket, the milled slots in the arms of the anchor bracket adapted to receive a generally correspondingly shaped end of the brake shoes so as to slibably support the brake shoes on the arms of the anchor bracket.