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The tiller seizes at speed though it will turn by hand with a bit of unsettling noise. Also the bottom of the case was welded at some point without evidently ever being opened. So who knows what I will find inside.

Where I am at on this is right side tine shaft slipped off no problem. Concerning the collar on the main shaft, after much futile prying and heating I found advice on a similar thread to put a punch in the non set screw hole and try to turn it. That worked wonders and I got the the collar off the right side.

Now for the other side, the tine shaft is somewhat "fused" to the main shaft I guess by movement of the pin. I tried to spin it but I couldn't really get a lot of leverage. I put a puller on it but it tightened up to a point where it was probably good to stop. I'm thinking maybe to drill it out? It seems a 3/4 in bit would be about right. Any tricks, thoughts? thanks!