Anybody here with an Aerostar driveshaft

[91foxbodygt]

Aside from the u joint replacement, would it be a direct bolt on? Just wondering how many people made this junkyard upgrade to their stang.

 

[criticman]

Never heard of doing this...is it lighter/stronger, what? Subscribing to this thread...

 

[HISSIN50]

It was a factory alum DS, and if one was scored cheap, it was said to be cool. Seems to me one needs to find an AWD aerostar which could be hard.

 

[criticman]

Hmm. 'Rents drove an Aerostar way back when. RWD, not AWD. Didn't know any of them were AWD. But yeah, finding one for cheap would be great if it works. The aftermarket ones aren't cheap.

 

[HISSIN50]

Hmm. 'Rents drove an Aerostar way back when. RWD, not AWD. Didn't know any of them were AWD. But yeah, finding one for cheap would be great if it works. The aftermarket ones aren't cheap.

Here is the basic info about it.

 

[iwashmycar]

like was said...the hard part is findin one of those suckers lol

 

[Roland69]

there is like 5 of them in the scrap yard about 5 min away from my house.

 

[criticman]

Can always look online: http://www.junkyarddog.com/

 

[onefstsnake]

hehe get all 5 of them!

 

[Roland69]

I could and sell 4 of them for 100 buks a piece and keep one for myself ofcourse

 

[onefstsnake]

thats what I was thinking.

I was looking at the FMS driveshaft, but $250 is kinda steep.

 

[Dtowncats]

Well I have one from a 92 Aerostar sitting in my garage I got for $50 from my uncle. I haven't tried putting it on yet though. I am still trying to find out which u-joint needs to be replaced and what vehicle the u-joint needs to come from. If anyone has the part #, I could get on this this coming weekend.

There was one guy on here that I know of that has done this, but he hasn't been on for a long time and I haven't been able to get a hold of him.

 

[HISSIN50]

I am still trying to find out which u-joint needs to be replaced and what vehicle the u-joint needs to come from. If anyone has the part #, I could get on this this coming weekend.

There was one guy on here that I know of that has done this, but he hasn't been on for a long time and I haven't been able to get a hold of him.

Sometimes I wonder why I post.
Shawn 13 is the guy you are probably thinking of. In the link I posted [early in this thread], Jrichker relayed the info that Shawn had posted a while back.

Good luck.

 

[91foxbodygt]

it better work because i paid 50 bucks for my awd aerostar driveshaft... ill try to install it soon, hope everything goes smooth

 

[Roland69]

Sometimes I wonder why I post.
Shawn 13 is the guy you are probably thinking of. In the link I posted [early in this thread], Jrichker relayed the info that Shawn had posted a while back.

Good luck.

You post cause you are one of the most knowlageable guys on stangnet and have helped alot of people out. You are the man HISSIN. Excuse my spelling I have had a few brewskies tonight.

 

[bsedwebt70-5.0]

I got an aluminum Aerostar drive shaft from my local yard 3 years ago for $20 - I thought it was just a regular rear wheel drive version - I had it cut and balanced and put it in my 1970 Mustang 5.0 5spd conversion. No problems with it. As far as the u-joint goes they say you need special end caps so there will not be a galvanic reaction with the steel touching the aluminum - otherwise you can just go to the auto parts store and ask to see a standard u-joint for the Mustang and the standard u-joint for the Aerostar and match them up - 2 ends for the Aerostar and 2 ends for the Mustang - this is called a conversion joint and is VERY common to have 2 different size ends on one u-joint.