Murray Widebody build

[Chris]

You could always replace the axle shafts with a single shaft.

If it makes you feel any better my grasscutter is on it's 3rd deck this summer, and it ate all the belts last week

[jhodgson53]

  I found another inspiration on heymow, a build by "a_little_wicked" features this beautifully fabbed rotor to accomplish just what I need.

http://www.offroadmowers.com/uploader/files/56/fabbed_rotor_heymow.JPG   

Don'tcha love it?  I'm having to give this idea a good long think. It would work beautifully on my transaxle. 

Heat index here 105, heat exposure warnings today and tomorrow. In the morning as soon as the grass dries, it's the big air-conditioned tractor and 6-foot mower for me; gotta get the place whipped back into shape!

Later,
JB

[Chris]

There's a good idea, never thought of that.

[jhodgson53]

After much thought, deliberation, measuring and re-measuring, and pricing of components, I've decided to try the automobile rotor. I'm going to look at some examples this week before I purchase one . I really only need a couple of inches of offset to make everything fit (actually, even one inch would suffice, but two would be better). I can use my current sprocket/disc as a hub, drill it to fit the rotor's bolt pattern, then fab the caliper bracket. A mechanic friend assures me that he can access a brake lathe to reduce the thickness of the rotor if necessary.  A number of vehicles use a thin unventilated rotor on the rear, even if they have the thicker ventilated rotor on the front, so I'm looking for one that gives me the best fit rather than a particular bolt pattern.

Later,
JB

[jhodgson53]

  And the winner is.... the rear rotor for a 91 Ford Escort, ordered and on the way, fifteen bucks and done.  As soon as it gets here, I'll mark the sprocket with the bolt pattern to be drilled, and check the rotor thickness against my caliper to see how much the rotor will have to be shaved, if any.

Later,
JB

[Chris]

Pictures! Take pictures!

[jhodgson53]

Yes, pictures will be taken as soon as the rotor arrrives and I start piecing everything together.

Later'
JB

[jhodgson53]

Picked up my brake rotor at the Post Office today, it actually should have been delivered Saturday but the mailman was apparently too lazy to drive down my driveway and get out in the rain to bring it to my front door, so he just left the notice in the mailbox. Whatever happened to "neither rain, nor sleet,... etc?" 

Looks good, but I haven't checked it against the caliper yet. I'll be in Incident Command school for the next couple of days but I promise pics will follow asap.

Later,
JB