Ball Joints

[310Rduner]

ok guys, i have stock 86 a-arms, and was wondering if it's possible, and what i have to do to make them be able to get powdercoated?

i dont know much about ball joints, pappy said to look into grease zerks, and i was wondering what this is/ how it works and where to get it.

[Nate250ex]

im in the same place you are, gettin those joints out so i can send mine to pappy too!

[310Rduner]

o well, guess it wont be happening, i was at my mechanic friends house, and we were dissambling my entire motor to check out other stuff, mostly because i ripped it out for rebuild, annd we thought we might as well since this was first time into the lower end. welllll $$$$$$$

heres the total list of broken crap.

waterpump seals--blown--- 28$
New Counter Balancer Bearing Holder-cracked-2 places- 30$
Water pump shaft--broken near impeller---28$
New Transmission 3rd and 4th Mainshaft (18 + 21T)--pitted/damaged---82$
New Transmission 3rd Gear Countershaft 30T(mate gear) ----damaged from other gear---72$


clutch rod bearing -- anyone know price?

Cluth arm shifter shaft (push rod?)

and does anyone know if you can add bearings to the balancer shaft assemply when they go bad, the bearing came loose, and bounced around all in tat little area, but were unable to do anything else to the lower end.
the book says if those bearings go you need to replace that entire assemply, and i just wanted to double check that and how much that part is going to ream my pocketbook.

hopefully that isnt too much, because if that last part isnt outrageous i will be able to keep all of this managable.

lmfao after all that can i still say i was amazed the the overall quality of my lower end for an 86?
luckily all other gears were perfect, along with stator my 88 crank and the other expensive shi&*

"IMO" this is the correct & safest way to take care of powdercoating stock A arms ..

cut off OEM ball joint & weld in a sleeve to accept aftermarket ball joints

many things may happen when these A arms are exposed to heat ...& none are GOOD!..