It is my opinion, that you should use a nose ring whenever you can. I use to use the hyde mount with the nose ring attahced, and I noticed that whenever the tempreture got really hot or really cold I had to adjust the elevator trim. With you Gator mount, I know that you have to replace the grommets every so often to maintain the effectiveness of your mount. A good way to tell, is to watch your current drain. If your battery is nto holiding it's charge a longs as long as it normally would, chances are you need you need to change your grommets. Hope that this helps.