Troy-Bilt Tine Assistance

[jjinva]

I have an old Troy-Bilt Horse rear tine tiller and it's been working fine up until today. I was tilling my garden spot and one of the tines fell off (the right one, if standing behind the tiller). No big deal I thought so I put the bolt back in through the tine and attached it back to the tiller.

The tine spins fine when it's not under any load but when I put it back on the ground the left tine spins like normal but the right one (the one that fell off) doesn't want to turn. I backed off the bolt a little thinking maybe I overtightened it but that didn't help. Should I loosen it more or is there another trick or something I can try? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks

 

[2720wes]

Sounds like you lost the key on the right side. Take the right side off and you should see a key in the slot on the tine shaft.

 

[jjinva]

Okay great, thanks so much!

 

[stihlman]

When the tine holder and tines fell off the key went also but you didn't see it. Take the other side off and take that key to a hardware store with you and buy one like it to replace the missing key and your back in business for less than $1.00. I take my tine holders off each year and and clean and grease the shafts, if you don't they tend to rust tight


Steve