flapjack

We need pics! Part numbers, too!

If you could post a pic of the old caps vs the new caps, that would be awesome!

I'm not sure what to look for under mine.... I got mine in Feb of 05, so I'm assuming it's the older part.

blazen351

Afixer...sorry bout your car, glad it's fixed though and nothing more serious/bad to you happened...thanks for the heads up...It'll be awhile before mine is up to your level but it's good to know...

chipschwab

I have a new 06 also...should we be alright? and how dependable even are the new 06 shafts?

omer333

Where's the numbers on the drive shaft and how can you tell if it's a good one?

GGIII

Wow, that sucks. I feel for you.

Are your shafts like ours? Ours are actually a 2pc assembly.

afixer

ok heres is the new the old the broken shft the flanges and some of the damage. notice on the new unit the nice clips and notice on the old how far they were popping out.

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bscottie

got trq? got power? no matter what, you can still say your car has so much power it broke the f****** driveshaft, that will shut a lot of people up LOL

afixer

yea but i wish it haddent happened. i posting this keeps it from anyone else . that helps i guess

05AV6

Now that is something.....GM has used injected plastic to keep the caps in place for years no problems that I have ever heard of. So Ford just staked the caps in place? I will be changing my shaft out directly, if it could fail for you it could fail for the rest of us also. I'm not going to assume it's an isolated incident, and apparently Ford new it was not a good plan or they wouldn't have redesigned the shaft. As far as them recalling the car, I doubt that would happen, the bean counters would say the probability of this happening is remote, but not impossible. So they decided to design a new shaft for all newer Mustangs. Do you have the new Part Number? I don't want to wait until the shaft beats the hell out of the bottom of the car on the interstate one day.........that would be REAL bad......thank you thank you for the heads up[sm=smiley20.gif]

afixer

i thought i took a pic of it on the ground when i get home later ill jack it up and see if i can get a pic of the tag. ill have the number tomarrow its basicly the same number but it has a 06 supplement. as far a failure i cant stress this enough. im sure regular diving is ok. THE FALIURE WAS NOT UNDER REGULAR DRIVING. and that would be fors defence. the average guy or gal would never get it up that fast. i have to go run an erand ill be back in a couple of hours