I also have a broken axle on my lgt2654 and this seems to be a common problem. Have contacted Husquavarna and they just push me to an area service center. These axles do not hold up on the 2654 and cost about $1000 just for the part. The original tuf torq transaxle has been discontinued for what I believe is a known problem by Husquavarna. If they will not fix this machine I will no longer ever buy their products in which I've bought many.