Not sure I can use the torch ----might melt the electric coil windings! --- otherwise I would just hit the race with the torch and be done with it! LOL!! --- hate to ruin the thing since they are $300. to $600.

The bearings went out on my sunstar 18 and ate a groove in the crankshaft, so now I cant use the front or mid pto on it anymore.

"A machine you build yourself is a vote for a different way of life. There are things you have to earn with your hands."