Bill, I tried to PM you about your driveshaft issue, but I think I sent it to myself?:confused2:
Here's a copy, along with some pics:
OK Bill, I just went through my old stuff; here's how the system works:
1. The slip yoke, attached to one end of the driveshaft, slides over the short driveshaft "extension" that sticks out of the rear of the quick-hitch assembly. (The other end of the driveshaft/slip yoke combination attaches to the mid-PTO toward the rear of the tractor.)
2. The short --about 12" long-- driveshaft extension is mounted in two pillow-block bearings to the quick-hitch frame. It is secured in position by two allen set-screws on each of the bearings. By the book, it must protrude 6-5/8" from the rear surface of the quick-hitch frame's cross-piece. (Since the bearings are just about one inch thick, about 5-5/8" from the exterior surface of the bearing.)
3. IF that short driveshaft extension piece has shifted so that it doesn't stick out far enough, that leaves too little splined-shaft length for the main driveshaft's slip-yoke to engage securely, resulting in a definite possibility of it flying apart when the driveshaft/PTO is engaged.
4. As long as the position of the Q-H driveshaft extension is good, the OEM slip-yoke will hold --at least it has on my tractor. Some folks have purchased that after-market slip yoke, which has a longer splined tube, so it engages greater distance on the Q-H driveshaft's splines.
I'm certain that's where your problem lies.
Walt