AODE Planetary 1992-2003, remanufactured and ready to install. Fits the AODE. Ships fast from the USA.
If your 1990s Ford truck, van or full-size car howls louder as road speed climbs, drops a gear outright, or leaves glittering steel on the pan magnet, the planetary gearset is a prime suspect. This remanufactured gearset is listed for the AODE across 1992-2003, a span that starts with the very first electronic AOD and runs deep into the years when most Fords had already moved to the 4R70W. That overlap is the single biggest thing to sort out before you order, and this page walks through it.
The AODE is the 1992 electronic version of Ford's Automatic Overdrive. It kept the AOD's hard parts and its Ravigneaux gear train, and replaced the throttle-valve rod with PCM-controlled shift and pressure solenoids. One compound gearset makes every ratio: a forward sun gear, a reverse sun gear, a carrier holding short and long pinions, and a ring gear splined to the output shaft. Clutches and bands simply decide which member is driven and which is held. The AOD family ratios are 2.40 first, 1.47 second, 1.00 third and 0.67 overdrive, with 2.00 Reverse. Because the carrier and ring gear are in the power path in every range, a worn pinion bearing or chewed thrust surface is heard and felt in every gear.
Rule out the cheaper failures first. Electronic faults on an AODE can strand you in one gear and look like a broken gearset, so scan for shift solenoid and pressure control codes and check the harness; the F-150 common problems guide walks through those checks on these trucks, and the Crown Victoria common problems guide covers the Panther cars. Listen in Park at a raised idle: noise there points at the pump or converter, not the gears. If the noise only appears while moving and the pan shows steel rather than friction material, the gear train is the likely source. On the bench, check every pinion for pitting, blueing and excessive end play, and inspect the carrier pins and thrust faces.
This gearset is listed for the AODE, 1992-2003. The AODE went into 1992-up F-Series and E-Series, the 1992-1994 Town Car, 1993-1994 Crown Victoria and Grand Marquis, and 1994-1995 Mustang. The 4R70W arrived in 1993 with wider ratios (2.84, 1.55, 1.00 and 0.70, with 2.32 Reverse), which means different tooth counts and a gearset that will not swap with an AODE one. Read the ID tag on your case before ordering. Then lay your old gearset next to the photos and compare pinion count, tooth counts and spline count. If your tag reads 4R70W, order the 4R70W planetary for 1992-2003 instead. If you are unsure, send us your year and VIN and we will check it. Everything else for this family is on the AODE and 4R70W parts collection.
| Fits | AODE 1992-2003 |
| Part type | Planetary |
| Condition | Remanufactured |
| Brand | OEM |
| Ships | From the USA |
| Warranty | 1-year |
Doing this repair right usually means replacing these at the same time. Same transmission, ships together.
Only if it actually has an AODE. Most F-150s in the later part of this range used the 4R70W, which has different ratios and gearset. Check the ID tag on the case and compare your old gearset to the photos, or send us the VIN.
Not as a simple part swap. The 4R70W uses numerically higher first, second and Reverse ratios and a 0.70 overdrive, so its gears are cut differently. Stay with the gearset that matches your tag.
All thrust washers and bearings, worn bushings, the filter, frictions and seals, and flush the cooler. Steel debris from a gear failure damages pumps, valves and solenoids if it is left in the system.
Ford specifies MERCON V for these transmissions. Fill to the hot mark on the dipstick after a road test.
Converter and pump noise is usually present in Park and Neutral and changes with engine speed. Planetary noise follows road speed and changes as the transmission shifts, and is usually accompanied by steel on the pan magnet.
