so the AOD driveshaft should fit eh....

i got to thinking, and when i did my t5 swap, the car was on an arm lift and the whole rear suspension was dropped. Wouldnt this move the rearend forwards a little bit??

b/c i had the car on a drive on lift today and it looked like it could have enough room to fit, the t5 shaft had so much room and the AOD shaft is like 1/4 inch longer.

Maybe the splines in the yoke dont go as deep as the t5 shaft.

If so, will the t5 yoke fit the AOD shaft???

i would love to get a nice alum shaft, but i dont have the cash for that right now :O

nope, still porting them, havent had many days off lately, so it will take a while b4 they are done.

ok heres how it went guys.

I took out the t5 shaft i have in the car, it rattles and vibrates HORRIBLY, i cant take the shaking, so i figured why not give the AOD shaft another go.
after i took the t5 shaft out, i looked at the yokes, they are about the same, the AOD yoke has a damper on it. I thought that the splines werent as deep in the aod yoke. I measured and they are both the same. But what i did notice that the AOD yoke splines, there was like a ring b/w the splines about 1.5 inches from the end of the yoke, so thats why the AOD shaft would bottom out. Otherwise it would fit nicely.

I attemped the swap over the yokes, the AOD ujoints are hard to get out and it also seems that they are different, i gave up it and left it as is.

So i before i called it a day, i tryed the AOD shaft again.
same as before, it would fit, but the pinion nut is sticking out again. making it hard to line up. it would fit right up if the pinion nut didnt stick out as far.

On the other side, the t5 shaft would go farther in the tailshaft, since that "ring" in the yoke splines isnt there. Which would leave like 2.5 inches from the end of the DS and the rearend, and then you slide it back into place.

anyway, i gave the aod a shaft a swift hit with my hand and it went up, put the bolts in and it works.

While the aod shaft definatly isnt make to work with the t5, it does fit.

I also have a question, what would cause a slight virbration at around 65 and up, faster you go the worse it gets, its most noticeable when decelerating, while accelerating, its not bad. But when off the gas is when you can feel it.

I had the vibration before with my AOD. just couldnt feel it as much, since the shifter is connected the the AOD via a cable, the cable didnt transmit vibration.

On the t5, the shifter is connected and i can feel it through it.

But the ds bolts are tight, could it be a U joint? i remember the front ujoint was kinda tight feeling, sort of binded up a bit, i suspect this is the problem, but i didnt want to tear is apart and cause more problems.

The vibration is much better and i can bear it now.