I can pull the key out of the shaft with plyers but first the sproket on the crank for the T-belt has to come off. The key drives the T-belt sproket and crank pulley. Right? So the T-belt has to come off to get the sproket off.
Most people have trouble getting the crank pulley off and that's done in your case.
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