Hi Grumpt. Yes mine is the same as Daves. In the first pictures I had removed the but and simply could not remove the drive plate. The set up on the saw horses saw it come apart with the slightest tap.
When I initially said mine differed to Daves was in relation to the mower model and access to the drive assembly.
The graphite powder was applied to the face of the cork pad. The initial reason I inspected the cork pad was due to a bit of squealing. I right they were home and I had alloy to alloy. The fellow from the service centre said a touch of graphite powder solves that.
They also recommended a very very fine smear of heavy molybednium(spelling??) something or other grease on the square shaft. Nothing too light as it with run off with centrifugal force.
