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Thank you everyone for the suggestions. In the end it was Burnerman who gave me the clue - all I needed was a gap big enough to slide the belt through. I achieved that by removing the mounting screws for the entire motor housing and bending it back far enough for a gap to appear at the inner end...

I've sent emails to a couple of places to see if there's a service handbook for this mower. The basic operating manual doesn't help with maintenance or belt replacement.....

Yes John, I've gone as far as you are describing, but even when I removed the black piece there is a flange on the shaft which prevents it pulling through the hole. My brain cells are hurting!

I've tried that - the shaft won't pull through the hole, so i would have to remove the entire outer housing. Maybe that's what I have to do, but It seems a hassle and a big dismantle just to replace the drive belt.

Can anyone please advise? The toothed drive belt has broken on my Suffolk Punch Classic Electric 30 mower. this is not the easily replaced outside drive belt but the one which motor drive to the main drive shaft which operates the cutting cylinder. i cannot see how to dismantle the upper shaft...