From: lfiskgr@gmail.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 16 Apr 2025 17:31:56 -0400   
   "Jim Wilkins"  wrote:   
      
      
   >The friction drive operates only the ground wheels, a separate pulley on the   
   >engine shaft drives the auger and impeller on mine, with considerable   
   >reduction to both the auger and wheel drive pulleys. The old friction disk   
   >on my Toro slipped rather easily though the rubber rim was mostly intact. It   
   >might be enough for a 1/2 HP motor, I'd rig a test setup before committing   
   >it into a machine.   
      
   Yeah, just the ground wheels on mine too. Almost all the blowers use   
   something like this for the wheel drive. I looked at a lot of parts   
   manuals last fall when thinking of buying one...   
      
   The old Snapper 8hp riding mowers use the same mechanism for the wheel   
   drive. That was my first encounter with one. It's held up well, a lot of   
   miles on that machine cutting grass and hauling my butt around on it.   
   Control is just the opposite, you push in the pedal to release the   
   drive wheel.   
      
   Close up image of the drive here:   
      
   https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ib2GprTP5hk/maxresdefault.jpg   
      
   General search show lots of pictures for the whole mower, misc parts   
   diagrams...   
      
   https://duckduckgo.com/?q=snapper+riding+mower+8hp&kd=-1&kp=-2&i   
   =images&iax=images   
      
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