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In the invention there is provided a disk brake stack having disks with predetermined available wear portions of a first thickness, a second thickness and a third thickness. In the initial configuration a first group of disks is interleaved with a second group of disks. The first group of disks comp

In the invention there is provided a disk brake stack having disks with predetermined available wear portions of a first thickness, a second thickness and a third thickness. In the initial configuration a first group of disks is interleaved with a second group of disks. The first group of disks comprises thick disks and the second group of disks comprises thin disks which have an available wear portion approximately one third of the thickness of the thick disks. At the first overhaul, the thin disks are substantially fully worn and are removed. The second group of disks is replaced with mid-thickness disks which have an available wear portion of about two thirds of the initial thickness of the wear portion of thick disks. At the second overhaul, the remaining wear portion of the first group of disks is approximately the thickness of the wear portion of the thin disks. The second group of disks are removed and replaced with thick disks. At the third overhaul, the first group of disks are removed and replaced with mid-thickness disks. At the fourth overhaul, the first group of disks are removed and replaced with thick disks. Also, the invention comprises a method of assembly and overhaul of a brake disk stack, utilizing disks having available wear portions of a first thickness, a second thickness and a third thickness.

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1. A brake disk assembly comprising an end plate, a pressure plate and rotor and stator disks axially aligned and disposed therebetween, wherein said brake disks comprise disks of a first group and disks of a second group in an axially aligned and interleaved relationship, each of the disks of the f

1. A brake disk assembly comprising an end plate, a pressure plate and rotor and stator disks axially aligned and disposed therebetween, wherein said brake disks comprise disks of a first group and disks of a second group in an axially aligned and interleaved relationship, each of the disks of the first group and said second group having oppositely disposed wear surfaces, each disk in said first group of disks having an initial available wear portion of a first thickness and each disk in said second group of disks having an available wear portion of a second thickness, said second thickness being approximately one third of the first thickness, whereby at an overhaul, the available wear portions of the second group of disks are substantially fully worn away and the available wear portions of the first group of disks are approximately two thirds of the initial first thickness and said second group of disks is replaced by a group of disks having approximately two thirds of the wear thickness of the initial first thickness of said first group of disks, whereby said first and said second replacement groups of disks are of approximately the same thickness.