I just picked up a aerostar driveshaft this morning and will be slapping it in friday evening. mine looks similar to the pic you have posted but time will tell if its messed up or not. I've got a long 3-4 mile stretch of road near my house that is nice and flat and only sees about 30 cars a day. I had my gen 1 slowmaro at 150mph down this road a few years ago and it did great. Ive only had my mustang to 120mph down this road so ill get it up to at least 80 maybe 90 to check for vibrations right now I feel a lot of vibrations around 50-70mph.
the slip yoke should get the 353 UJ from my understanding
the slip yoke should get the 353 UJ from my understanding
Ok so here is what I have learned over the last 24 hours.
The T5 mustangs uses a 354 universal joint at the Yoke and AODs mustangs and the automatic 4wd Aerostar use a 369 universal joint at the yoke here are the specs for the UJs:
354
bearing A cup: 1.063
bearing A end to end: 3.620
bearing B cup: 1.063
bearing B end to end: 3.620
353
bearing A cup: 1.063
bearing A end to end: 3.220
bearing B cup: 1.063
bearing B end to end: 3.620
369
bearing A cup: 1.063
bearing A end to end: 3.220
bearing B cup: 1.063
bearing B end to end : 3.220
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so as you can see the cups are all the same but the length from end of the cup to end of cups are different you need a cup length of 3.220 for the Aerostar DS and depending on if you have an AOD or T5 you'll need the 3.220 or 3.620 length bearings.
I got this info from the federal mogul website
top u joint is a 353 and the bottom is a 369
The T5 mustangs uses a 354 universal joint at the Yoke and AODs mustangs and the automatic 4wd Aerostar use a 369 universal joint at the yoke here are the specs for the UJs:
354
bearing A cup: 1.063
bearing A end to end: 3.620
bearing B cup: 1.063
bearing B end to end: 3.620
353
bearing A cup: 1.063
bearing A end to end: 3.220
bearing B cup: 1.063
bearing B end to end: 3.620
369
bearing A cup: 1.063
bearing A end to end: 3.220
bearing B cup: 1.063
bearing B end to end : 3.220
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so as you can see the cups are all the same but the length from end of the cup to end of cups are different you need a cup length of 3.220 for the Aerostar DS and depending on if you have an AOD or T5 you'll need the 3.220 or 3.620 length bearings.
I got this info from the federal mogul website
top u joint is a 353 and the bottom is a 369
I was actually looking at these driveshaft parts. They seem like they are actually built to put up with abuse. This driveshaft is rated to 500 HP. I would get the matching pinion yolk. All told it would be about $400 give or take.
http://www.dennysdriveshaft.com/p1290_1310_series_hd_3_inch_driveshaft.html
http://www.dennysdriveshaft.com/p1290_1310_series_hd_3_inch_driveshaft.html
When I was fifteen, I used to steal my parents '91 AWD Aerostar w/ the 4.0 V-6 all the time. One night, I thought it would be a good idea to rev it up and do a neutral drop into drive while stopped. All I heard was a loud "clunk"
My friends and I then went and stole another friends dads Jeep Wagoneer and we proceeded to push the Aerostar back to my parents house. I denied the incident to them, and I still feel bad about it.... the service tech who repaired it said he'd never seen anything like it. The shaft within the transfer case was distorted and broken
My friends and I then went and stole another friends dads Jeep Wagoneer and we proceeded to push the Aerostar back to my parents house. I denied the incident to them, and I still feel bad about it.... the service tech who repaired it said he'd never seen anything like it. The shaft within the transfer case was distorted and broken
lol...Nate, Opps...
Brian, yes the AOD cars had the damper, never seen one stock on a manual car.
Maryland Stang, The Driveshaft Shop has some nice driveshafts that will take a lot of power, pricing is decent as well I get them a good bit below what most retail at. Your right the issue is the flange, swapping to a pinion style yoke in the rear is a must in any high hp car, I do it more lately. Strange makes them as well....
Here's a quote from The Driveshaft Shop I always liked "The Ford Motorsport Shaft is inexpensive but is also made from Extruded tube. Extruded Aluminum tube is inexpensive and is made by using something like a play-doh factory" Personally weve pushed the Ford Racing shafts to 900hp with no issues, although were using a pinion yoke, car 60ft's in the 1.4 range.
Brian, yes the AOD cars had the damper, never seen one stock on a manual car.
Maryland Stang, The Driveshaft Shop has some nice driveshafts that will take a lot of power, pricing is decent as well I get them a good bit below what most retail at. Your right the issue is the flange, swapping to a pinion style yoke in the rear is a must in any high hp car, I do it more lately. Strange makes them as well....
Here's a quote from The Driveshaft Shop I always liked "The Ford Motorsport Shaft is inexpensive but is also made from Extruded tube. Extruded Aluminum tube is inexpensive and is made by using something like a play-doh factory" Personally weve pushed the Ford Racing shafts to 900hp with no issues, although were using a pinion yoke, car 60ft's in the 1.4 range.