Aircraft Maintenance Technology Product Guide

Shimmy Damper

Lord Corp.'s new nose gear shimmy damper for general aviation uses patented Hystec™ technology to provide consistent damping without maintenance. Instead of using fluids to resist motion, Lord's shimmy damper features a unique rubber formulation with a high-tech lubricant to absorb nose wheel vibration. Designed to provide high performance without hydraulic fluid, this damper cannot leak.

• Performs in excess of 5,000 ground-ir-ground duty cycles
• Product life of more than 10 years of usage on a typical, high-use, single-engine piston airplane