I did find a 95 Ranger 2WD Supercab driveshaft, thanks to MiataV8's suggestion. Even the parts guy at CeeGee's wrecking was surprised, and he was my first and only call. Hope this is a good sign.
Once I took everything apart and started measuring, here is where I'm at.
The Spicer combo of flange yoke (2-2-899), u joint (5-443-x) and tube yoke (2-28-1947) should work. The tube yoke is spec'ed for a 2.5", 0.063 tube; however, I did cut the front shaft and it is a 0.095 wall. So I will need to have the tube yoke turned down 0.060, but I'm pretty sure that there is enough meat there for it not to be a problem. Anyone have any thoughts on that?
The distance to the center bearing should then be about 26", which is a bit shorter than had planned, but it should work.
The rear shaft is too long (about 50" from the flange to the center bearing, at half compression, and will need to be shortened. I need about 67 in overall, so about 9" need to be cut out.
The rear flange unfortunately does not bolt to the Mustang pinion flange; the Ranger bolt circle is 4.25" vs 3.50" for the Mustang. However, I did some research, and the Ranger 7.5 pinion flange will fit the Mustang 7.5 pinion (1.218", 28 splines); so it appears, the easiest adaption, is a new pinion flange.
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/310494870454?ssP ... 1438.l2649So here is one more question: when a shaft gets shortened, will it be cut so that the tube yoke will have to be replaced, or can the existing yoke be re -used?
The cost of the parts, including all new joints, so far is about $ 240 and $ 100 for the Ranger shaft. On top of that will be the shortening and balancing. I haven't looked into that yet.
Any and all comments are truly appreciated.
Just had another thought. If the end yoke has to be replaced anyway, when the rear shaft gets shortened, if I could find a tube yoke that will fit the 2.5", 0.095 wall, shaft and match the Mustang pinion yoke, then that would be a nicer fit. Does anyone know of such a tube yoke? The Mustang pinion yoke will need a u joint of about 3.45" x 1.062" dia.. I've looked all over the Northern Drivetrain site, but could not find a match.
Thanks.