Pto shaft on tiller not sliding together

[thunder86]

For the life of me I cannot get my pto shaft on the tiller to slide back together and I don’t know why. Any ideas?

 

[Supraman0614]

Notice that two of the corners are "pointed", and one has a small flat. There is only one way it will go together. Match the flat with the flat and it should go.

 

[Hall00]

Like supraman said, index it the right way and it will go. Pour some type of oil on it to help and get them in the same plane of level. I would say remove the plastic crap that is useless but the safety nazis will scream bloody murder.

 

[Doughknob]

Or burrs.......

 

[stevewarner1957]

Clean and lube, make sure it’s indexed correctly. It it’s got a slight twist it’s a no go

 

[ROUSTABOUT]

It will only go one way, slick. Looks to me as no problem except being labor bound.

 

[Tinhack]

The FLATS are your index.

 

[thunder86]

I got it back together. Thank you all!

 

[TheMan419]

I had a hell of a time the first time I was trying to put a pto shaft together. Friend of mine came to the rescue to show me the flat bit. Felt like a complete idiot when he had it together in 2 seconds.

 

[Beaver Cove Deere]

Make your life easy and cut back some of the plastic shield on the male half.