Is there a tilt helm in production that does not develope play after a couple of years. Tilt helms just do not seem expectable for 75 plus mph rigs. I am considering going to a not tilt unit to get all the play out. If there is one out that stays tight of a much better design I would really like to know about them
I am a amateur machinist and I take this thing apart at least once year to tighten it up. I have identified what the design problems are and can make corrections, but it will loosen up in not long. What I am referring to is maybe a one inch for rotation play and about the same in all directions of the tilt mechanism

I have installed the Mercury uflex cylinder which is far better than the seastar was and no it is not air in the system