Spitting Driveshafts

Don't sweat those straps, they are junk.
I hear you on wanting to avoid the wall, the design of the van, with your feet close to the front bumper is scary, I had a 69 van years ago.

The one drive shaft I blew out, never figured out what happened, it went bang, and ran over the drive-shaft.
All the straps intact, u-joints still good, output shaft / with gears still bolted to chucked drive shaft, end of pinion still bolted to rear yoke.
77 jeep CJ-7 340 NP 435/203 Dana 44 rear, changed the transfer case, fixed the rear, un-bolted the broke parts off the chucked rear, drive shaft and it was running the next day.
No more power shifting on the street with 36" tires.