Tiller stuck in gear, fix without taking apart the transmission.

Thank you! Same problem witrh a very similiar looking Ariens tiller. Your video saved me!!

Thank you. I got my dad's tiller working after watching this video. Good job on this video!!

Thanks a million for doing this video. Did just what you did and hit shaft with hammer slightly. Got it to working. Took out grease insert and filled with gear oil. Works good. Thanks again.

I say Outside of the box Brilliant, Heated ,sprayed and hit with a hammer, disconnected the shifter,hit with the air hammer and it worked like a charm, Thanks a bunch

I was able to get a craftsman rototiller working today that has been sitting for 20+ years. LOL. Similar model. And shifter frozen like yours. But I managed to get lucky and was able to get it moving by persistence of many efforts, and dragging the machine around the garage. LOL. But works well now. I was interested in the lubrication point, so you video helped.

There was no way I would take it apart to fix it. After watching your video I was very intrigued but not convinced that it would work. I was very cautious to apply a pnehammer to one side, and I also removed plated on the opposite side to apply hammering to the same pin. After a few minutes there was some movement that finally released the gear shifter. This video puts most other videos requiring disassembly in shame. Thanks for great advice!

thank yoy

Just tried this on mine. Had it stuck in forward/till - Worked perfectly! Thank you so much

Good job I like the gear oil idea to

I had got my Dad's Tiller it was Stuck in Reverse. Did Everything you did. But instead of Air Hammer. I used a Blue TIP Wrench TORCH Hit the Shaft and the Rod on the Side. Back in Business put some Gear Oil in there as well.👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

Great video. Do you have any videos replacing the carburetor or other work on the tiller?

what a great video! i definitely didn’t want to take apart virtually the entire tiller to fix this. my tiller was also stuck in N . didn’t have stuff you had so i shot wd40 into the grease fitting opening aimed as best i could onto the 16 shaft. couldn’t get the shift lever off either so i used the only hammer i had on the 16 shaft and the local L-shaped shift lever. penetrant and (hammer) persuasion to the rescue once again. thinking about installing another grease fitting directly above the 16 shaft on the right side so i can spray lubricant onto the shaft for storage. i had no signs of water accumulation in the gear case. (no leaks). maybe another grease fitting or plug in the bottom of the case to confirm? i’m thinking/hoping just humidity and the 16 shaft being up high in the system led to surface corrosion during storage. how did the gear oil work out? did it leak out the gaskets or seals? why not just stuff the box full with EP grease? is there any harm in that?