1989 extended cab, looking for rubber coupler between transmission & drive shaft

[Winter Hawk]

The subject line pretty well says it all. There is a rubber/fiber coupler between the 5 speed transmission and the drive shaft. WHERE can I find that puppy? Mine is cracked and appears to be on its last legs. I thought I had one, it was freighted to Ohio from CA and the guy in the parts department said it was the only one he could find in the whole USA. Then the bolt holes wouldn't line up, the radius of the pattern was too small. There are three holes in the transmission output shaft flange and three on the drive shaft flange. The coupler has six holes so the flanges are offset 60 degrees (I think; maybe it's 30?) from each other. My old Chilton manual shows it, while my Hayne's doesn't.

I have thought of bolting the driveshaft flange direct to the transmission flange withe the coupler between them but that would probably not have the "give" which the coupler provides.

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Sorry, can't help. I've never seen that before.

 

[Uncle Gump]

Why couldn't you just swap things over and use a regular driveshaft?

 

[snoranger]

Ford has a recall on this same style driveshaft coupler used on the Transit vans… I’d learn from Ford and swap the driveshaft out with a standard driveshaft.

 

[Winter Hawk]

Our mechanic was able to read the numbers on the coupler and trace it back to Germany. This style is used on a number of vehicles, I believe he said Audi was one. It doesn't really help but it is available for big bucks from Europe.

 

[Vindictus]

Try the part number here

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[Winter Hawk]

Great, thank you! Now I have to find whee I wrote the part number, as this all came to a head early last Summer....

I'll also see what I can find to replace the driveshaft.