摘要 |
Several embodiments of improved braking arrangement for off the road, single rider, multiple wheeled vehicles. In each arrangement, a shaft drive is incorporated and a brake rotor is fixed for rotation with the shaft drive. A brake casing encircles the brake rotor and has at least one opening that is aligned with the rotor surface and in which a brake pad is supported by a cover that closes the opening and which is adapted to brake the rotor. In some embodiments, the brake pad is actuated mechanically and in others, it is actuated hydraulically. In some embodiments, the interior of the brake casing is vented to the air cleaner of the engine and in others, the casing is provided with pie-shaped cutouts for cooling.
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