Process of manufacturing a corner assembly

A process for manufacturing a corner assembly for a vehicle including a wheel hub and brake component, comprising the steps of:

• obtaining a wheel hub from a source, said wheel hub being defined by a cylindrical body with a first end and a second end, an axial bore that extends from the first end to the second end, a radially extending mounting flange located between said first end and said second end, and a plurality of axial openings in the mounting flange each having a first diameter that is located a fixed radial distance from the axis of said axial bore;
• placing the wheel hub in an arbor and rotating the wheel hub to partially finish the cylindrical body to define a journal section that extends from said second end toward said mounting flange and to partially finish said mounting flange to define an inboard face toward said journal section and an out board face toward said first end;
• machining a radial groove in said out board face of said mounting flange, said groove having a width that exceeds said first diameter of said plurality of openings in said mounting flange;
• pressing a bolt in each of said plurality of axial openings in said flange of said wheel hub to bring a head of each bolt into engagement with said inboard face of said mounting flange;
• placing said wheel hub in the arbor and rotating said wheel hub to finish machining said journal section and said out board face of said mounting flange by removing material therefrom to define a wheel pilot surface adjacent said first end, a rotor pilot surface adjacent said wheel pilot surface, a bearing surface in said journal section, a first radial face that extends from said rotor pilot surface to said radial groove and a second radial face that extends from said radial groove on said out board face to a peripheral surface on said mounting flange such that said wheel pilot surface, rotor pilot surface and bearing surface are concentric to said axial bore and said first and second radial faces are perpendicular to said axial bore to define a wheel hub assembly;
• pressing said wheel hub assembly into a bearing retained in a support member that is fixed to a vehicle;
• obtaining a first rotor from a source, said first rotor being defined by a second plurality of openings located adjacent an inner peripheral surface, an alignment surface adjacent said inner peripheral surface and first and second opposing friction surfaces located adjacent an outer peripheral surface with the first and second opposing friction surfaces being perpendicular to said inner peripheral surface, said inner peripheral surface is thereafter located on said rotor pilot surface of said wheel hub assembly such that said plurality of bolts correspondingly extend through said second plurality of openings;
• obtaining a wheel from a source and locating a center opening of the wheel is on said wheel pilot surface with said plurality of bolts extending through a corresponding third plurality of openings in said wheel;
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• attaching nuts to said plurality of bolts to bring said alignment surface on said first rotor into engagement with said first and second radial faces on said mounting flange to align said first and second opposing friction surfaces in a plane perpendicular to said axis of said hub assembly to define said corner assembly.