Table of Contents order problem

I have looked through a number of the other discussions on here, but have not come across my exact problem. I noticed people where having problems with thier TOC ordering some of the headings properly. My problem is similar, but I don't see how it is the same.
Here is my problem.Below is an portion of my TOC. What is happening is in this case it is putting chapter 6.1 as part of chapter 5. And these are on two different pages. The 6.1 heading is below the Service and Maintenance title in my document. I want to get it so it always puts it correctly.
5.8   Transporting    50
5.9   Storage    51
6.1   Maintenance Chechlist    52
SERVICE & MAINTENANCE    52
6.2   Fluids and Lubricants    53
6.3   Greasing    53
It does not do this on all of my .1 sections, but it if it does it once, it will do it everytime I recreate my TOC in the same spot. I have been correcting this manually and just cutting and pasting, but I was hoping that there was an actal fix for this small problem.

Thank you so much. I believe that is the same answer the other questions had. I am just ready for a vaction and not thinking clearly. This worked perfectly. I pulled my text frame all the way to the side and it worked. So then all I had to do was adjust the tabbing on my frame so the text would start where I wanted it to. Then I just had to adjust the other frames that used that same style. It worked perfectly. Thanks so much.

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