Hi again Cloggy, Here are the first steps to strip your Rover to a bare chassis.In the interests of safety, remove the spark plug lead and secure it well away from the plug.
Have some suitable containers to put the parts in as you remove them and label the container...This will be invaluable for re-assembly after cleaning them.
Have your camera handy to take some pics as you go along.
(1) Just loosen the nuts on the cylinder reel (cutter) sprocket, the engine shaft (small) sprocket, and the roller clutch bolt whilst the chains are still attached....They can be hard to loosen if the chains are removed first. Then remove the grass deflector and attachment fittings.
(2) Remove
all the chains, reel and soleplate as per the video.
(3)Remove the bearing carriers and adjusters.
(4) Remove the throttle assembly complete from the upper handle.
(5) Remove the 3 nuts and bolts from the cutter clutch (next to the engine) It splits in half.
(6) Remove the 4 bolts securing the engine to the chassis and slide the engine off the chassis and place somewhere safe.
(7) Remove the thrust bearing, cutter clutch cone, woodruff key and outer clutch half from engine shaft.
(8) Remove the engine shaft thrust pad, bearing carrier and engine shaft.
(9) Remove the cutter clutch actuating handle, clutch fork etc., from the chassis.
Can you report back when you have that all completed, and please post some pics.
We will go through removing the rear roller next.
