OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Repairs and Maintenance Questions On Ride On Mowers Questions on Rover Ride On Mower Rover Colt 8 brake pad replacement

I'm trying to replace the brake pads on a Rover Colt 8. The manual is quite clear on what to do but appears to be missing information.
I probably could have kept the pad on the caliper assembly since it wasn't as worn and saved myself all of the trouble. The pad on the arm is not an issue as it is easily accessible.

If you look at my photos, you can see there is two extra holes that don't appear in the parts diagram (the shot below with the red dots) - the rivets that hold the pad onto the brake pad assembly caliper (A10108) poke through the side of the mower and out of these two holes. To remove the assembly, I had to take of the wheel and then drill out to break the rivets. This is not mentioned in the manual which is a little odd.




The second issue is the rivets that come with the brake pads (CHD1733) are not long enough to securely hole the pad to the caliper. If using the rivets specified in the manual 73AS 5-5 then they stick out and match the Original. Problem is, you cannot slide the assembly back between the chassis and the disc brake. The disc brake needs to move. The issue with this is it hasn't been moved since 1996 and won't budge. This also isn't in the manual (which has the disc brake facing the wrong way - it only appears as if it would slide toward the chassis and not the other end judging by the slot to slide of the key).




What have others done to replace the brake pads?

1) use the CHD1733 rivets and some epoxy glue and slide the assembly back into place? Or is it okay to have pad a little loose since it is sandwiched between the caliper and the disc so can't fall out?
2) thread the caliper holes and use a small bolt to attach the pad?
3) remove the disc brake somehow? Penetrene/heat I guess but since you can't buy replacements I don't really want to touch this.