I seen this problem many times but was never asked to repair,repair was always about somthing else,not much concern about stopping fast.The brake assemblie is onthe drive tube assemblie.To inspect remove agaititor,washer shell,remove motor,then three traniee bolts.trainee and clutch will slide down and out,drive tube and brake are up there where traine came out of.serch 4 solution there.Id have tranie out in less then 10 minutes so im saying its not hard.tools phillps,7/16 and 1/2 socket,5/16 ,1/4 nut driver/socket flat heat screwdriver.if you can afford to replace machine you might as well learn somthing and if it dosent work out you replace and you gained experiance.you can do it have fun
appldoctom
November 2008