Hi All, I've read the archives about tire pressure and shimmy, and found that my nose tire was seriously over-inflated after my last annual, probably accounting for the sudden shimmy after it came out of the shop. I've reduced nose pressure to the recommended 17 psi and it has helped a lot.
My question regards the mains. My Coupe is a 415C, manufacture date 12/6/1945. I understand that above a certain serial number the mains are 6.xx-X, but on my bird (s/n 164) the mains are 8.00-4. Easy question: any ideas on the recommended tire pressure for these larger tires? I think I'm actually getting shimmy from one of the mains now, as the plane tends to skitter across the runway. Again, I suspect overinflation of the mains during annual, and I'm reluctant to just bring them down to 17 psi to match the nose. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Joe Boucher N86991 s/n 164
