istrumit
Well Known Member
I have posted a few times about this....vibration during taxi in a low speed range.
No amount of air pressure adjustments, etc, has made any difference.
So, today, it was time to tackle this problem once and for all, along with different problem I which I had a brake lock on landing.
I changed the brake liners today (not too hard to do) and, as a last step, I jacked up the pilot side main gear to rotate it and make sure the bearings sounded good.
Low and behold...that tire was out of round like crazy...very badly out of round.
So, two new tires are on the way (I am sure the other one is a mess too) and I expect this will solve the vibration problem.
I suppose this is what happens when you purchase and airplane that sat in one place for nearly two years...I expected to have to put about $5000 into it to get it right...so far I am about $3000 into that number. I am happy with that !
No amount of air pressure adjustments, etc, has made any difference.
So, today, it was time to tackle this problem once and for all, along with different problem I which I had a brake lock on landing.
I changed the brake liners today (not too hard to do) and, as a last step, I jacked up the pilot side main gear to rotate it and make sure the bearings sounded good.
Low and behold...that tire was out of round like crazy...very badly out of round.
So, two new tires are on the way (I am sure the other one is a mess too) and I expect this will solve the vibration problem.
I suppose this is what happens when you purchase and airplane that sat in one place for nearly two years...I expected to have to put about $5000 into it to get it right...so far I am about $3000 into that number. I am happy with that !