X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:07:32 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from elasmtp-kukur.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.65] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.5) with ESMTP id 3050396 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:11:39 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.86.89.65; envelope-from=skagitvalley@earthlink.net DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=earthlink.net; b=rEK/7OguqGslhX5CF2h0FqxuNurOmqGAwylkRcAZG36fP7G4zGpEX4gGaAzDH7ry; h=Received:Message-ID:X-Priority:Reply-To:X-Mailer:From:To:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:Content-type:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Received: from [71.117.1.191] (helo=earthlink.net) by elasmtp-kukur.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1KOfQM-0004V5-LU for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:11:03 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: <410-22008712814365320@earthlink.net> X-Priority: 3 Reply-To: skagitvalley@earthlink.net X-Mailer: EarthLink MailBox 2005.2.15.0 (Windows) From: "don wwww" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: RE: [LML] LNC2 Vibration X-Original-Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:36:05 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-ELNK-Trace: 16b9ee12d520a545aacd904858c439844d2b10475b5711207c4c87034db99abc1f734ea898fe413a0ea93db5e794edc7350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 71.117.1.191 First quess would be tires. I'd lift the plane & spin them by hand with something like a pencil for a dial indicater(or a real one) running against the tread You'll be able to tell. If there ok you could use something like a buffer with a wore out pad to spin them up pretty fast to see if they shake much. (You could see if your new roters are straight as well.) That would give you a pretty good idea if there out of balance or not. If they look like they might be out of balance don't know what to tell you. Must be somebody that balances tires that small.. If there out of round at all change them. Maybe you'll get lucky with the balance as well..You may have a combo. of both. Cheap fix if that does it. If it was an alignment issue you could read it on the tires. They'd be worn unevenly (.Disclaimer; I'm no expert on airplanes but I have been repairing wrecked cars as a profession for 30+ yrs.) Does that make me a professor? Good luck > [Original Message] > From: Tom McNerney > To: > Date: 7/31/2008 12:27:10 PM > Subject: [LML] LNC2 Vibration > > Before I go and over engineer a problem, I thought I would get every ones expert advice first.  It clearly has worked well for me in the past. (Thanks Grayhawk)    I have what feels to be a classic case of warped rotors, but that isn't it.  About the last half of the roll out I start to get a vibration from the right main gear.  Or at least I think it is the right side.  Thinking it was an easy fix I replaced the rotors with a new set.  I think it is better, but that could be just in my head.  The vibration is much worse under braking, but does exist while just rolling.  As most vibrations, it seems to have a peak intensity at a certain speed. 30-50 mph I would guess.  This has the original rubber cushion landing gear.   So, here are my ideas..   Bad tire that is out of balance?  Waaay out of balance. They are Chang Shin tires, so maybe I got what I paid for.  haha   Out of Alignment? This aircraft has had the service bulletin completed regarding the main gear reinforcement.  Could this have caused an alignment issue?    Nature of the beast?  It has had this problem from the day I purchased it, so maybe it is just me. Although I hope not!   Would love to hear some ideas or past experience with this.   Thank a ton! Tom McNerney N54SG > > -- > For archives and unsub http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.html