One of the bearings on my clutch drive shaft completely fell apart. I figured that rather than just replacing the broken one it would be much wiser to replace all of the bearings on the shaft while I'm at it. So I started tinkering, but for the life of me I cannot work out how I can pull the entire clutch drive assembly out. Is there a way of getting the shaft and all the plates out in one go without having to pull half the mower apart? I've got the very outer bearings, the small sprocket and the clutch fork removed. No matter which way I move the shaft something is in the way. And it seems to me that there is no way to slide the shaft out to the side as the central square section won't go through the centre of the bearings in the drive pulleys.

I'd love a little help with this please. I can post some photos if that helps.

Regards,

Oli