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Re: MMM wheel/brake drum balance

To: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>
Subject: Re: MMM wheel/brake drum balance
From: Robert Zwart <zwart1@cox.net>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 23:37:36 -0700
Cc: <TATERRY@aol.com>, <mg-mmm@autox.team.net>
In-reply-to: <200507041855578.SM00589@piglet>
References: <200507041855578.SM00589@piglet>
Reply-to: Robert Zwart <zwart1@cox.net>
Sender: owner-mg-mmm@autox.team.net
Just remember that the drum will get hot if you use the brakes heavily, 
then the weights will fly.......
BOB 

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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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