Nose wheel shimmy
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rolfj@nvc.net
Nose wheel shimmy
I own a DA-50 and at about 110 hours my front wheel started a severe shimmy above 50 kts on landing. My hunch is that the centering roller/spring either need adjustment or replacement. Any advice is appreciated
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YokotaFTC
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Re: Nose wheel shimmy
We chased what we thought was a Nose Wheel shimmy from friction lock through to NLG Strut Journal and shims for journal...turned out we had a NEW main landing gear goodyear tire that had an internal patch that broke loose, throwing it out of balance...only discovered it was a main when my pilots were doing some soft field procedures.