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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",serif'>I Agree with Harold. If you stick with drums, having them balanced by a good machine shop will go a long way towards making the car smoother.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",serif'>I have had the rear drums balanced on multiple Healeys and it always helped. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",serif'>Funny story: on the last car, I asked at the parts store whether their machine shop could balance drums? They ‘corrected’ me and told me I meant have the drums turned… After much back and forth, we agreed that I knew what I wanted and they could do it. But, they patted me on the head and said this will be easy because how far out of balance could the drums be…?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",serif'>A couple of hours later the machine shop called asking how much clearance is there between the drum and the wheel? It turned out just trimming the fins wasn’t going to cut it, and he had to weld in substantial weight to compensate for the bad casting! I took him the wheel, hub and spinner so he could see how it all fit up, and the work was done in short order. The machinist was amazed the casting could be that far off, and I was amazed at just how much smoother the car ran down the road. And that was the rear drums! Just imagine what balancing front drums will do for the car.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>-----------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Al Fuller<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Harold Manifold<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 6, 2025 8:29 AM<br><b>To:</b> Robert Markovich <rmarkovich@aol.com><br><b>Cc:</b> healeys@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] front brake drums<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi there,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If you choose to stay with the OEM cast drums, I strongly recommend having them statically balanced. I only have experience with the rear drums, and I didn't initially think they were a problem. However, after balancing them, I was surprised by the amount of weight added and material removed to achieve a static balance. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Best of luck,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Harold <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 4:26 AM Robert Markovich via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I would switch to front discs for safer stops—the stock early or late 3000 setup works great. If you must stick with front drums (the rears work well and needn’t be changed to discs as the front brakes do more of the work anyway), consider switching to Alfin alloy drums, which being lighter, should address the shake you mention. They aren’t cheap, but neither is a swap to front discs. Good luck!<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/aol-news-email-weather-video/id646100661" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin-top:0in'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#8473FF'>On Thursday, February 6, 2025, 1:02 AM, carl and gerry rubino via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div id="m_6536852512156387550yiv2766926348"><div><p class=MsoNormal>Looking for a source of front brake drums for my 57 100-6.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I have spent a lot of time over the years getting rid of the healey shake and want really good ones. 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