Looking for a aluminum driveshaft for a TC.

I make driveshafts for a living! Actually, I'm the driver, but I've learned to do it all. I work at a driveshaft shop!

We're mentioned on the Ranger Station in a Ranger rear end swap
http://www.therangerstation.com/Explorer8_8.html

I'm fairly new(been there 6months) so I don't know prices. An aluminum shaft from scratch runs around $350, but if you ask, I'm sure you could get it down some if you ask about used end yokes and use your existing tranny and rear end yokes.

For my driveshaft, I used a police driveshaft that was dinged at one end, cut it down to fit the Mustang in length(past the ding), used Spicer sealed joints and my existing tranny and rear end yokes, and then balanced it. Voila! A driveshaft for the price of a core!

I know the police cars and TCs use the same u-joint, but I'm unsure of the length. I ended up cutting close to a foot off the driveshaft for the Mustang, so it should be ok for a TC. However, I don't think we keep police car cores in stock. You'd have to ask whoever answers the phone... If you choose to go get your own core, I suggest a police car, they are less likely to have problems with the ears/tabs on the end yokes being bent from improper u-joint installation as they have a shop do the shaft... Also look for a core with NO dings in the shaft, they mess up the balance, you CAN use the yokes out of one with the dings and basically have it retubed with the used yokes, but finding a good, ding free core is cheaper. Ask questions!

I'm not going to post the name and phone number here because I'm not sure if I'm allowed, so just check that link out...

I could yank the driveshaft out of my Mustang tommorrow and show you what we can do with a core!


[This message has been edited by Blade1433 (edited 04-03-2003).]

Originally posted by Turbojet:
I took the alum. driveshaft & the driveshaft from my 88 TC to the shop. They cut the alum. the same length as the other one. Then cut the ends off both shafts, welded the TC's ends to the alum. and they did a high speed balance. Welding weights on where needed. Then they put in F-150's universals, because the Aero's shaft dia. is smaller then our TC's. My alum. shaft was balanced without the counter balance, but my son's 86TC was balanced with the counter balance. But he has the Ranger alum. shaft. Why the difference, I don't know.

This may be a stupid question, but how did they weld the TC yokes (steel) to the aluminum?
I took an Aerostar shaft in to a Driveline shop and the guy said I would need (compound?) U-joints or something,
because of the difference in the spacing
of the two yoke ends.
He said the cost of these u-joints was double and they wouldn't last as long.
Blade can you confirm this or are Canuck driveshafts different or something?

No such thing as stupid questions. There are three types of yokes on the standard Turbo Coupe/Mustang driveshaft. You have the weld yokes which are the yokes which are the ends of the tube that the u-joint goes into. There's a transmission yoke which slips into the tranny, is splined and is connect to the shaft via a u-joint. Then you've got the rear end yoke which is connected to the shaft via a u-joint and bolts up to the rear end.

It goes in this order:
-Tranny
-Transmission yoke(slipped into the tranny)
-Front u-joint(connects the tranny yoke to the weld yoke)
-Weld yoke welded to tube and then another weld yoke at the rear end of the tube
-Rear u-joint(connects rear weld yoke to rear end yoke)
-Rear end yoke(bolts to rear end)

87-95 Mustang is a 2-4800
87-88 Turbo Coupe is a 2-4800
90-97 Aerostar is a 1-0153
95-99 Crown Vic is a 2-4800

The main difference between the two joints is that the 1-0153 is a narrower u-joint. The caps themselves are interchageable. So yes, they were right, you'd need a combination joint.

I'm not really sure if that answered your question, if not, let me know, I've got a specs right here on my desk.

[This message has been edited by Blade1433 (edited 04-04-2003).]

Originally posted by Blade1433:
No such thing as stupid questions.

What's the difference between a blow-off valve and a bypass valve?

Sorry fellas, didn't really mean to spoil the topic, but I couldn't resist...

lol...blow off valve vents air into the atmosphere...bypass valve reroutes the air to the turbo [Image: smile.gif]