I had to put a few drops of scent free oil in some of the spots where the parts move...It quieted it right back down.

Ol' Man offers new wider spreader arms on their web site. They are wider than the standard ones.

They also used to make some sort of rollers that went on the cable where it goes around the tree so it took up more space to keep the arms spread wide. I don't know if they still offer them though.

Here's a link to the spreader arm page,

http://www.olmantreestands.com/olman...sories/sak.htm