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Antisplat main wheel bearing mod
- Thread starter AlaskaRV
- Start date
Without hijacking this post, what is antisplat mean?
It's just wheel pants? I can't see much difference between these and the ones Van's sends with his kits?
No, they machine the wheel bearing races and put radial bearing in place. Very nice mod, I did it to my nose wheel. You don't have to do any maintenance to the bearing other than monitor them. They have very little rolling resistance too.
https://antisplataero.com/products/main-wheel-bearing-mod
Did you a have a wobble on the mains or nose wheel ?
Would I feel the difference if I am not having any major issues?
Looks like a nice mod. The no maintenance aspect might be worth the service.
700.00 and two day turn around for all three wheels.
Its really quite a good deal.
I did the nose wheel mod from day one and it has been rock solid with never a shimmy. I personally feel that the drastically reduced rolling resistance on the nose gear is worth the mod.
I have not done the bearing mod to my mains and I did have a pretty wicked shimmy on my left main until I balanced the wheels. Like you said though, I will probably do the bearing mod to the mains at some point because maintaining the tapered bearings is a pain and messy.
As far as flying qualities/landing/taxiing goes I doubt there would be a tremendous difference in feel.
MWH265
Well Known Member
Nose Wheel
I bought a used nose wheel on eBay to have a spare. When I received it I found it to have the Antisplat modification done. I sent the wheel to Allen and had a new tire and tube installed and had it trued and balanced. I didn't have a shimmy problem on my 6A but installed the wheel anyway and noticed it was much smoother.
I bought a used nose wheel on eBay to have a spare. When I received it I found it to have the Antisplat modification done. I sent the wheel to Allen and had a new tire and tube installed and had it trued and balanced. I didn't have a shimmy problem on my 6A but installed the wheel anyway and noticed it was much smoother.
