MATCO Tail wheel shimmy

By Jenki in Technical tasks,
Dear friends,
I am no more Avid/Fox breed owner as you already know, but my Bristell is tail dragger as well. Tail wheel used is MATCO light weight version of the dual fork eight inch tail wheel WHLT- 8LD installed as full swiveling version, mounted on dual steel spring. (see picture below) During one year of operations (mostly on paved RWY) I am facing troubles with strong shimmy vibrations in the case of three-pointer landing (not often, rather on mains) or in the case I am putting tail to ground soon after landing.
I would like to know what could be o reason for such vibrations.
Thank you for any opinion
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