Thanks Andy. I will try and get some pics later today.

Not too good with names when it comes to mechanical stuff but here goes...

There is a lever that pushes the cone shaped thingo (I thought this was the "clutch") towards a round plate on the driveshaft. You are right in that the blade is belt driven but I can not get the part of the shaft that engages the belt to turn so the problem is happening at the cone/clutch before it gets to the belt. Hopefully that makes sense?

The clutch part of things isn't what I imagined. I always thought that the end of the cone would push against the plate attached to the shaft and would grab via a cork plate? I couldn't see any cork? I'm not sure how the clutch really works on my 33? Exactly how is the clutch meant to engage with the shaft?

I vaguely remember someone telling me that the 33 clutch is metal on metal so how could I fix it? Does it sound like this can be fixed?

Thanks guys.



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