---------------------------------------------------------- Zenith601-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 09/24/11: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 01:27 PM - I was wrong. (Paul Mulwitz) 2. 05:15 PM - Re: I was wrong. (BOB) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 01:27:37 PM PST US From: Paul Mulwitz Subject: Zenith601-List: I was wrong. It turns out the vibration in my nose gear was indeed an out of balance wheel. I discovered yesterday that indeed it started vibrating a little bit on takeoff with no flaps. The vibration was much more noticeable on landing. I bought some stick-on weights from my local tire store and used a slight variation on the balancing method suggested by Brad. Instead of removing the packing grease and replacing it with oil I just loosened the nose wheel axle several turns and spun the wheel in place. That worked just fine. The wheel didn't roll very smoothly since it seemed to bump along on the roller bearings but it still gave a clear indication of the heavy spot. Many thanks to all of you who have helped me figure out all these problems on my plane. Paul Zodiac XL about half way through phase I flight testing. ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:15:25 PM PST US Subject: Re: Zenith601-List: I was wrong. From: BOB You're welcome. Bob Spudis Paul Mulwitz wrote: > >It turns out the vibration in my nose gear was indeed an out of balance >wheel. I discovered yesterday that indeed it started vibrating a little >bit on takeoff with no flaps. The vibration was much more noticeable on >landing. > >I bought some stick-on weights from my local tire store and used a >slight variation on the balancing method suggested by Brad. Instead of >removing the packing grease and replacing it with oil I just loosened >the nose wheel axle several turns and spun the wheel in place. That >worked just fine. The wheel didn't roll very smoothly since it seemed >to bump along on the roller bearings but it still gave a clear >indication of the heavy spot. > >Many thanks to all of you who have helped me figure out all these >problems on my plane. > >Paul >Zodiac XL about half way through phase I flight testing. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message zenith601-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Zenith601-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/zenith601-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/zenith601-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.