5.0 swap bw4406 rear driveshaft

[Hyper]

So i im finally down to the driveshaft and the exhaust, got the front driveshaft in nicely but im having issues with a rear driveshaft id perfer not to get one made but i can't seem to find a compatible drive shaft, every post i find says to use a driveshaft out of a expedition or f150 shord bed single cab but those shafts are 2 short, i have a 4 door ranger idk if its a long bed or short bed but ima assume long bed cause its a pretty big ranger and i messure driveshafts from center to center of the fixed end ujoints the recommended ones people say are 42 inches mine requires 48-50 inches with 49 being perfect but have room for differences does anyone know what im doing wrong looking for driveshafts and if i got to shorten my ranger driveshaft do i need another conversation ujoint to fit the expedition joke to the ranger shaft?

 

[franklin2]

Didn't you need a conversion u-joint in the rear if you did find a f150 shaft to work? So front or rear, that is probably going to be a given.

If you have a wire feed welder and a dial indicator, you can shorten the shaft yourself.

 

[Hyper]

Problem is all the f150 shafts are damaged or 2 small at my local junk yards so i have to resort to shorting my ranger driveshaft but i need to get the joke installed on the ranger shaft but id have to know if the front ujoint i need for the yoke is the same one i used for the front driveshaft

 

[don4331]

4 door ranger?! i.e. a Latin American (Mexican) Ranger?

If if is the Latin American 4 door Ranger, it is a SuperCab frame (which were all short boxes). <the Latin America 4 door has the 5' or ultra short box; just like its F-150 big brother.>

For building driveshafts, I get the transmission, axle and tube yokes and get the appropriate u-joints. Noting, the stock Ranger driveshaft is often aluminium...

 

[Hyper]

Mine is aluminum but im asking what vehicles driveshafts will work or what ujoint will connect the f150 yoke to the ranger shaft

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Oh my…

So, when I did dad’s 5.0 swap, I used the Ranger rear driveshaft. I may or may not have had to change a yoke. If it did require a yoke, I just dug around in my parts to find one.

My 5.0 swap included lowering substantially and my Ranger driveshaft ended up being too long. I ended up cutting about an inch and a half out of the shaft and changing a yoke. Local spring/driveshaft shop balanced it out (they could have cut it down for me or made a custom shaft but I was in a time crunch).

 

[Hyper]

What im having problems with (wont let me send pictures for some stupid reason) is on both ends of my rear driveshaft its got the 4 bolt holes that bolts it to the old ranger transfer case and the rear end, the bw4406 uses a yoke that slides into the transfer case, i need to know what ujoint i need to connect that yoke to the driveshaft so i can get it shorten or at least how to tell

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Understanding Universal Joints and Size Charts

www.therangerstation.com

Does that help?

 

[Hyper]

Alot because of that i see the yoke ujoint is 1350 and the aluminum driveshaft ujoint is a spr 539 so i need a spr539 to 1350 conversation ujoint, so the hunt begins