1957 Fairlane U joint replacement

[Ford Blue blood]

My Ranchero has the standard cap and u-bolt on the rear, the 300 I parted had the pillow block type.

[hiball3985]

It get confusing and never know what was changed over the years.

Do you know the build date of yours?

Two of my rancheros had the tapered drive shaft/pillow block and I don't recall what the other one had. My custom 300 also had a tapered with the pillow block.

[chapingo17]

I did notice the rised ribs on the yoke u joints set in fine. I will recheck but it runs fine. I think what the manufactures did was to make the end caps a little longer and shorten the inner x cross. Before I replaced the U-joint I did check the size but that was the only difference I found.