Re: MMM wheel/brake drum balance

["spook01" <spook01@comcast.net>]

Hi Guys,
I have balanced drums with small bits of iron spot welded to the drum.  Use 
stick-on's to get the weight/location right.  I think Terry doesn't want to 
mess up his coating on the drums, though, so this might not be an option.
I suppose you could rivet them on as well.
The large drums on American cars used to do it this way.  How about the '27 
Buick, Bob?  Did it have balance weights on the drums?  ;-)
Best,
Ray

"Conlige suspectos semper habitos!"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Zwart" <zwart1@cox.net>
To: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>
Cc: <TATERRY@aol.com>; <mg-mmm@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 1:37 AM
Subject: Re: MMM wheel/brake drum balance


> Just remember that the drum will get hot if you use the brakes heavily,
> then the weights will fly.......
> BOB
>
> [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/tiff which had a name of 
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> On Jul 4, 2005, at 3:56 PM, Lew Palmer wrote:
>
> > Terry,
> >
> > I've never had to balance a drum (never even thought about it) but
> > couldn't
> > you use stick-on weights on the drum itself? How bad is it? With the
> > brakes
> > backed off I would imagine you could let the drum rotate and add
> > weights
> > until it doesn't stop in any single spot when rotated.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Lew Palmer
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-mg-mmm@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mg-mmm@autox.team.net]
> > On
> > Behalf Of TATERRY@aol.com
> > Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 8:43 AM
> > To: mg-mmm@autox.team.net
> > Subject: MMM wheel/brake drum balance
> >
> > Learned MMM'ers.....the right front brake drum on my N type 12" drum is
> > decidedly out of balance.  Its not the wheel but the drum itself.  Is
> > this
> > common
> > and something to worry about?  I presume I can use weights on the
> > wheel to
> > balance the whole assembly.  I pulled the drum off yesterday to take a
> > look
> > and
> > its hard to imagine how the drum could be machined to obtain
> > balance........
> > Terry in Oakland
> > NA0613
> >
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