I picked up a set of aluminum drums from a camaro but am a little hesitant to use them. They have plenty of meat left on them the only thing is that when I see all the other ones there is a weight on one drum and two on the other. The ones I have do not have any weights on them and not sure if the person ran them unbalanced or if they are ok. Brake shop says the weight is usually tact welded on but there are no signs of them just falling off. Are these safe to use?
Since no one responded I guess I will...You won't hurt anything by trying them, if you go down the road and you feel vibration then you know they aren't good.
Your brake shop don't know SHzzT about aluminum drums as the weights are put on them with a real funny rivet stud thing and when the weight comes off the rivet thing is still there. If yours just have some like 1/8 in. holes around the outside then yours didn't need any wieght. Cast iron drum weights were tack welded on. Why didn't they just spin them up for you to see if they were out of balance? I've seen them with 1 weight and I've seen them with 4 weights on them and some with no weights on them. RUN UM.
