I’ve finally got round to fitting the roller to the middle of the swinging cradle. In case anyone else decides to do this and is first faced with removing the thick rubber pad, this maybe helpful:
The pad (see earlier photo on this thread) is riveted on with 4 heft rivets, approx 6mm diameter.
I tried drilling out the top, but the rivet heads are too hard. Plan-B involved hacksawing vertically through the rubber pad either side of the rivets and levering it off (it’s not glued). This worked fine, leaving 4 rivet stubs to cut down. It’s hard not to nick the galvanising with the saw, so take care.
Bolting on the aforementioned roller was simple. The roller frame does deform to the curve of the swinging cradle. On my installation, this bent it sufficiently that the roller pressed on the frame and was restricted.
By sawing off a shim from the removed rubber pad, this deformation can be avoided. Max shim thickness about 2mm. Mine is slightly too thick, so the photo shows the roller frame a little higher in the middle. Annoying , but not a functional issue.
Alternatively, spacing the u-bolts a bit further apart may have reduced initial deformation.