Montanawidower,
Congrats and glad to hear you got your Speed Goat! Thanks for the kind words about your hunting experience with your 360º Chair, especially about the comfort and the advantages of the rotation of our chair.
That said, I'm more concerned that you figured out why your chair was making noise and solved the problem?
With out seeing the chair, I'm guessing the main hub nut & bolt loosened up? Clean the hubs, add some silicon grease or Bow Wax to the nylon washers, add Red or Blue Loctite to the threads on the bolt, tighten the hub nut & bolt back up to desired tightness. Sit on the 360º and do a rotation test to see how tight you want the hub bolt and adjust the bolt accordingly. I personally like minor resistance to rotating, but some folks like theirs looser. See
www.huntmore.biz For out in the field, some folks keep a small bottle of scent free oil in their backpack for their treestand incase with change of temps or humidity their stand starts making noise. It would not hurt to at least have a bottle back a camp.
Let me know!
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