billnaz
Well Known Member
I replaced all three tires last December at annual. The Nose was the factory tire from Vans. Since, I've experienced a couple of episodes of severe shimmy on landing. The last one caused enough excursion to create contact with the fairing, damaging it slightly. After disassembly and inspection, I also found that the bearings were a little corroded, I blame this on a few days of soaking rain on the grass at OSH a few years ago. I also put the wheel on a high tech Harbor freight wheel balancer which showed that the tire/wheel was severely out of balance. Frankly not trusting the HF balancer, and needing new bearings anyway, I sent the wheel to Alan at AntiSplat. Now with new sealed bearings, and 1.75 oz. of balance weight on the wheel, I have a nice smooth taxi and roll out. Alan called me directly in response to my Email inquiry about my situation. It's nice to know that great customer service still exists these days. Their quick turnaround had my wheel back before I was done with the fairing repair. I was surprised by the amount of weight required to balance the wheel.