Re: [Amc-list] 1966 Classic Brake Drum Weights

[Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

I don't question that it would not be the best way of doing something.
I just want to know why it WON'T work.
You'd have to be slightly desperate to want the whole mess balanced together on purpose.
Though for many years it was the common way of doing things.


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Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
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I just don't want to be around when it happens! "

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> The problem is on-the-car balancers are rare these days and you can't use them 
> with a limited slip differential anyway.  Every modern shop just as the 
> computerized off-the-car spin balancer don't they?
> 
> There was an article in Auto Restorer Magazine that I think I mentioned before 
> about balancing brake drums on a bubble balancer (by grinding weight off of the 
> perimeter) to ensure you have a super smooth ride.
> 
> Joe Fulton
> 
> --- On Tue, 9/9/08, Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx <Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > From: Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx <Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: [Amc-list] 1966 Classic Brake Drum Weights
> > To: "AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans." <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2008, 3:30 PM
> > O.K.
> > I'll bite.
> > Why can the imbalance not be corrected if the
> > tire/wheel/drum are balanced as one???
> > They are bolted together.
> > Effectively making them one piece.
> > You'd have to mark a lug and maintain the same
> > placement.
> > 
> > 
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> > Mark Price
> > Morgantown, WV
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