1. Removing them solved it but I want animations.
2. I checked our code and fiddled around a bit. Ended up changing one line which solved my problem:
FROM:
var refreshNode = function (node) {
node.collapse();
node.get_treeView().trackChanges();
node.get_nodes().clear();
node.set_expandMode(Telerik.Web.UI.TreeNodeExpandMode.WebService);
node.get_treeView().commitChanges();
node.expand();
}
TO:
var refreshNode = function (node) {
node.get_nodes().clear();
node.collapse();
node.get_treeView().trackChanges();
node.set_expandMode(Telerik.Web.UI.TreeNodeExpandMode.WebService);
node.get_treeView().commitChanges();
node.expand();
}