g'day bur,

sounds like it's either going to be the centrifical clutch has packed
it in or the flexable drive shaft has parted company, i'm not familiar
with the brand/models so guessing it is a bent shaft model? if it's a
straight shaft model then you may have stripped ther gears.

len

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