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I think you will find it will be the roller assy.
Up until recently it was possible to purchase the roller assy fully assembled with a load of other bits as a kit for about £60.
You now need to purchase all parts separately and assemble the roller unit. Unfortunately, depending on the parts you elect to purchase the cost is at least double.
If you are inclined to carry out mechanical repairs then the job takes about an hour. The first time you may need to alow up to 2 hours.
Your local stockist should be able to email a GA drawing to enable selection of the parts required.
If you think I can help then please get in touch. I have a GA drawing I can email you if required.
Thought I would give an update. So this being my only smaller mower, I booked it in to have a look at today once I finished work.
On the last lawn cut the drive wouldn't work so I will pushing it. All of a sudden bang! Look under the mower, on the floor is the blade, casing, belt and screw. Turns out the crank was worn out and the bolt holding the blade in has snapped off. The other end of the bolt is now firmly stuck in the engine! So whilst this is being repaired, bought a Toro commerical 21 inch.
Is it worth repairing, if you need both the crank and the drive faults fixed? 18 months old and you'd be wise to change things like cables, it's almost better to buy another one and use this as a spare parts machine.
I've always figured that any machine with a season's use isn't worth sinking a lot of money in to, two seasons is a lot from a mower in commercial use.
I cannot see how the crank is worn out unless machine has been worked with blade boss loose. Boss is about £10 and bolt a few pounds. Broken off bolt is usually removeable without too much trouble. Usual cause for this is impact damage and because the boss was loose thats why it wasnt driving properly. Reassemble with new parts, check crank is straight and try again
Harry, my point was that this isn't a pro machine, but it's done two full seasons of commercial daily use according to the OP.
It has the original, possibly terminal, fault with the drive, and now has the problem with the blade boss.
Both faults could be serious, and any non-pro machine that's done two seasons of work is likely to have loads of other niggles waiting to happen.
I'd suggest retiring most pro mowers after two years if they had multiple faults. Domestic mowers definately aren't worth spending money on: you run them for a year if you're lucky, then replace them.