[greg r]

Like another poster, I too found a wobbly drive shaft at the rear that goes to a hydrostatic drive.
I've got the flex members loose on both ends. I think I have the "updated" drive shaft as there's rubber flex couplers on the engine side and transmission side. The book says to remove the engine side drive pin so the shaft can slide forward enough to clear the rear coupler. Ha! No pin of course, and No can do short of prying the crap out of something I don't wanna break. The shaft is holding in a ball "locater" in the rear coupling, so as far as I can tell, it's pretty much locked in where it needs to be. The manual says to buck the shaft with a jack while driving the roll pin out of the rear coupler so as no to damage the hydro pump. I did that, so I'm leary of driving the roll pin out of the front with no buck and possibly damage something there.

Help? Thanks much.