REFLECTOR: Shimmy on landing...Some clarifications please THANX!

[Brian Michalk]

What about a very viscous sticky grease?  That would seem to let the 
castoring work, and prevent shimmy.

You'd want one that does well under shear, preferrably one that actually 
became more viscous under shear.

SlvEgl99 at aol.com wrote:
> My experience with my XL FG with 230 hours on it is that a contributing 
> cause of shimmy is not maintaining the correct tension on the large nut 
> and by allowing too much dirt to build up the bellville washer area. 
> Clean them fairly often, lubricate them and tighten them as the factory 
> says, maintain 40 lbs tire pressure. Then the frequency of shimmy 
> becomes much reduced. Yes, I have experienced it a couple of times, but 
> on investigation I have found one of the above conditions to be present.
>  
> Bob Wood
> 
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