Never heard of that brand!
Your post could be somewhat meaningful if you stated WHAT mower you bought and how many hours it had.

I'm willing to bet it's a Toro, personal pace, front wheel drive, the lowest of the low.

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I will never buy anything buy a full commercial self propelled 21" mower. In fact, I just bought a Toro 22195 - $1200. I'm just a homeowner but like you said I'm sick of the $450 self propelled junk. Now for a true push mower with no drive, a $200 piece from Sears is perfectly fine - really not a whole lot to go wrong on them and you can usually get at least 5-10 years out of one as a backup mower or mowing in tight spots, but as far as self propelled mower, im willing to spend $1200 on the Toro knowing it will last me decades and knowing its actually a mower worth spending money on repairing if it ever needs to be.

$85 seems high, my 2 year old Toro trans is only $46. BTW it has plastic trans gears.