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Originally Posted by ponytug  I think that the engineering tradeoffs are complicated; clearly the existing design failed under your conditions. That at a minimum presents the question of whether direct replacement is the best thing for you. As they say, YMMV.
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Not really. I offered the additional information (beyond the motor ID and specs) for Mith, as I thought it might be useful knowledge for someone who is in the process of designing a mower.
For me, there is no question that the design and fabrication time, energy, and costs to change over to an indirectly mounted motor would exceed the worth of the cutter. There is also the possibility that the failure was simply a bad motor, unrelated to Power Trac's design decision, and that any redesign efforts would be a waste of time and money. I don't think that is the case, but we won't know until like cutters accumulate more hours. If a lot of them start failing, then my theory will be confirmed. If not, that will be good news for myself and the other owners of these cutters.