[Healeys] Drum balancing

Jean Caron vintage_roadster_restoration at hotmail.com
Mon Apr 7 07:38:56 MDT 2014


Michael:

I would think if the weight is cleverly hidden in between the drum fins, then
painted and the weight rotated to the bottom when the vehicle is being judged,
one could fool the judges.



Jean


> To: healeys at autox.team.net
> From: michaelsalter at gmail.com
> Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 09:33:46 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Drum balancing
>
> This subject does beg the question.
> Would balance weighs attached to the drums result in concours deductions as
> they are quite obviously not original and are easily seen through 48 spoke
> wheels.
>
> Michael S
> BN1 #174
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "llennep at verizon.net" <llennep at verizon.net>
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> To: "rdickson at midwestarchaeology.com" <rdickson at midwestarchaeology.com>;
> "healeys at autox.team.net" <healeys at autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Drum balancing
>
> Balance your drums. I have looked at 6 drums in the past and all needed
> balancing. Made a noticeable difference in my BJ8
>
> Keith
>
>
> On 04/06/14, Randy Dickson wrote:
>
> Fellow Healeyoids, I have been concerned about drum balancing on my 1963
> BJ7. What are the odds that my drums are way out of balance? Are most
> Healey drums out far enough to necessitate sending them out to Hendrix or
> someone else to get balanced? I have about a dozen pairs of old drums
> laying around and I wonder if I could discern which pair is the best to be
> perfectly balanced and use them. Thoughts?
>
> Randy Dickson, Wisconsin
> 63 BJ7
> 60 BT7
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