Hello everyone. I'm after some help with a Rover Ranger that I am restoring. The friction drive set up in particular. I'm wondering if anyone is able to tell me the thickness of the material that would be on the friction disk that sits on the engine shaft "if it was still there"
I have enquired about getting some material put on the surface and someone is going to try for me. They just need to know the thickness. I will include some pics for you, and you can see a pattern left on the friction wheel from what was on there. Or perhaps someone has used a different method to get it working again.
Hi Kevin, Thickness is not critical, the one I just fitted a couple of months ago was about 12mm thick. it doesn't matter with the thickness because the spring keeps tension on the disc till there is no material left. The thicker it is the longer it will last.. What sort of material were you thinking of bonding to the disc?
Hey Norm. Thanks man, appreciate your help. I don't know what it is, I spoke to a friend who knows someone in the brakes business. He said give me an idea of thickness and he'd ask. When I find out I'll let you know, I assume it would be some kind of material they line brakes with perhaps. Old cars still have drum brakes, at least it won't be asbestos.
I got everything back from being sandblasted and powder coated on Wednesday, they did a great job.
Looks good Kevin will be a ripper when it is back together. I was screwing around over Christmas looking at what I could use for the friction disc until Max came up with one and it saved the day for me. I will probably get my spare one done as a just incase of. They are a great mower and not a $500 job to fix every time something goes wrong
Thanks Norm. Yep, they're not overly complicated. And they look awesome too. The only old mower I like as much is the Deutscher ride on, they are built like a tank. That's my next search and rescue
Well, some good news. After sending my Rover Ranger friction plate to W.A. and 5 months of waiting, it finally arrived back today. We have an old-fashioned brake service company in town, and they knew where to send it.
They said it might take while and they were right. They had to get one of the older employes to show to the younger guys how to bond a new surface onto it. $150 but it looks great, like a bought one.
