REFLECTOR: Another shimmy story...

[Pat Shea]

Andy,

I didn't check the side-to-side free play of the nose
wheel recently, so I can't say for sure it wasn't
there before the shimmy event. However, my plane only
has 140 hours on it. Using two landings per hour as an
estimate, that's only around 300 cycles and about 300
ground miles. Seems like too much play to be the
result of wear. I'm replacing the strut this weekend -
I'll let you know what I find.

Pat   

--- Andrew Ellzey <ajlz72756 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Pat,
> 
> Is the damage from the Shimmy, or is the wear of
> your bolt and the nose gear 
> strut pivot because there isn't any grease fittings
> installed to keep this 
> nose gear retract pivot point properly lubricated. 



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