X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:23:05 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from n8a.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([209.191.87.104] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.7) with SMTP id 4343764 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:36:38 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.191.87.104; envelope-from=mcmess1919@yahoo.com Received: from [68.142.200.227] by n8.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 Jun 2010 03:36:03 -0000 Received: from [68.142.201.244] by t8.bullet.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 Jun 2010 03:36:03 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp405.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 Jun 2010 03:36:02 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 998811.7113.bm@omp405.mail.mud.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 52199 invoked from network); 11 Jun 2010 03:36:02 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=DKIM-Signature:Received:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:From:To:References:In-Reply-To:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Mailer:Thread-Index:Content-Language:x-cr-hashedpuzzle:x-cr-puzzleid; b=2FtH9YUwFz5FrAkYhCAkBmSgRmekyPwN5hodgmUutgNmAtur/khohj9JdPwaWWmqlJUw7cv56hnBEl1DBeTl0nev5VUZRhy63knUTI9U2bLJs7Zqjn7NSDPAV63Z49Nkzd6dywux9hNqiUq6LkL+EAdcjbYCuID6LBaDL6XTrkQ= ; Received: from ClaudettePC (mcmess1919@67.187.169.61 with login) by smtp118.plus.mail.sp1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 10 Jun 2010 20:36:02 -0700 PDT X-Yahoo-SMTP: rK4i7HqswBC7mDE8.sOiWQeO4CeReXc- X-YMail-OSG: HYEhRmoVM1l24tF1ONHnVxbxsmEy2rTI1xnAQjaTFRSkRja nVKYThI6q.o4QSRLKQSKRGoRz4i1SgivBqdAZUPkW0JePSohH3d3UWpVVwRa 28pv520KPu_I2Dm5wYLNZ6R6Rg5Mury5WnrRhN1_AMcsZY1WFshWXRD2XNsK rKrsHhfPghmjAXbTXf6sILGb4dDoZbTocpbfEhaY7o1G_hK7oTW6oh7BxaA8 kUbrT3JQWT3Yox4THEBWh9Fl2mpGmHClBzmJQAnicJWky6Xk- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 From: "Steve Colwell" X-Original-To: "'Lancair Mailing List'" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: Shimmy FG Legacy X-Original-Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:36:06 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: <00a201cb0917$39a12130$ace36390$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: AcsI8LFNyefuwirYTwW2amX8YpJhBQAD1Ymg Content-Language: en-us x-cr-hashedpuzzle: MeI= AIFK AxOr BLMa BTlE BYMq D0+m D3jO EO8D ETPJ FSo7 Fz2n GLxE HoPI HwAW IJ84;1;bABtAGwAQABsAGEAbgBjAGEAaQByAG8AbgBsAGkAbgBlAC4AbgBlAHQA;Sosha1_v1;7;{760B5AD2-9B24-4BA7-BCF9-DE9628AFF4D6};bQBjAG0AZQBzAHMAMQA5ADEAOQBAAHkAYQBoAG8AbwAuAGMAbwBtAA==;Fri, 11 Jun 2010 03:36:02 GMT;UwBoAGkAbQBtAHkAIABGAEcAIABMAGUAZwBhAGMAeQA= x-cr-puzzleid: {760B5AD2-9B24-4BA7-BCF9-DE9628AFF4D6} Dan, Here are a couple of things to check: Clamp a 8' 2x4 to the side of each main wheel and measure the toe out or toe in with different fuel and cabin loads. Too much of either could cause a shimmy. When brake is applied the length and flexibility of the spring style FG main gear causes toe out. My experience with a RV6 was a little toe in solved the shimmy and tire wear. Steve Colwell Legacy RG