2.3 Driveshaft

[Jimmy2Times]

My car had a cheap aftermarket driveshaft on it when I bought it... zirc fittings in the u-joints... u-joint seals bad so it slings grease all over the place... huge balancing collar around the slip yoke... grooved yoke surface so doesn't seal in back of tranny... etc. So I went to the boneyard to find a replacement factory shaft and got one out of a 90 - 93 2.3 car with an A4LD.

Well I get home and go to put it in and lo and behold, the shaft I got is a good several inches shorter than the shaft on my car, and the diameter of the slip yoke is smaller than mine. My car has a T-5... did Ford use different drive shafts on automatic cars and stick cars?

 

[89Stang]

A4LD had a different driveshaft. the T5 cars I believe can use the v8 shafts as well as the aftermarket aluminum shafts. So check your local mustang boards or on here and someone will practically give away a stock shaft. Or pay for the aluminum one.

So to my knowledge V8 auto and stick and 2.3 t5 = same driveshaft

 

[Red_LX]

You didn't have a "cheap aftermarket driveshaft" on your car, that was the original one.

Instead of a whole new driveshaft, why not replace the U-joints and put on a new yoke?

 

[Dr_EluSivE]

V8 drive shafts fit fine, I have an FMS aluminum drive shaft on my car and its fantastic, Car seems to have better acceleration due to the lighter shaft, and it also has a lot less vibration.

Dr.

 

[Jimmy2Times]

A4LD had a different driveshaft. the T5 cars I believe can use the v8 shafts as well as the aftermarket aluminum shafts. So check your local mustang boards or on here and someone will practically give away a stock shaft. Or pay for the aluminum one.

So to my knowledge V8 auto and stick and 2.3 t5 = same driveshaft

Thanks 89stang, that's what I was starting to suspect. Just my luck there weren't any T-5 cars in the junkyard the day I went.

You didn't have a "cheap aftermarket driveshaft" on your car, that was the original one.

Instead of a whole new driveshaft, why not replace the U-joints and put on a new yoke?

Original shaft maybe, not original u-joints and yoke with the zirc fittings and huge balancer/damper ring. A whole shaft at the pull-a-part was less than new u-joints and yoke.

V8 drive shafts fit fine, I have an FMS aluminum drive shaft on my car and its fantastic, Car seems to have better acceleration due to the lighter shaft, and it also has a lot less vibration.

The name of the game with my 2.3 is CHEAP so I'm not gonna spring for an aluminum shaft for it, but I might put an aluminum shaft on my 5.0 and put its factory shaft on the 2.3. Good to know for sure that it fits though... thanks!

 

[RustBucket]

huge balancer/damper ring.

Sorry, but that's a FoMoCo original part too.

 

[Red_LX]

The problem with putting on an entire new driveshaft is that there's a chance you might have to get it balanced. There's a reason you have to make an index mark on the shaft and axle when you pull the driveshaft out of your car.

 

[vristang]

I've never marked a driveshaft on my 2.3 or my 5.0/408w cars.
The shaft has been pulled more times than I care to count. Not once have I finished the job and heard/felt any vibrational changes.

Maybe I'm just lucky though?


Glad this thread came up... I wasn't sure if the v8 shaft was going to fit in my 2.3 t5 car....