A gearbox having an integral wet brake assembly is provided to replace the
prior gearbox assembly of an underground mining machine. The brake
housing is configured and contoured to be nestingly received upon the
gearbox housing and without intrusion upon the output drive flanges. The
brake housing includes concentric parking and service brake pistons
adapted to engage and disengage a brake disc stack provided within a
cavity machined into an end plate of the gear box assembly. An
intermediate shaft of the gearbox is provided with a hub to engage the
rotary discs of the brake disc stack. The parking brake is normally
engaged by a spring and released by hydraulic pressure, while the service
brake is normally released by a spring and engaged by hydraulic pressure.