Steering wheel free play question 2008 Cougar

You can check the tilt assembly on the helm slave pump, check the end lock down caps on the hydraulic cylinder, look at the pivot saddle on the front mounting bolt there also. Then ultimately rebleed it? There is one last spot to check and that is end travel on the front cylinder saddle strap where it can move end to end. Our guess is that it is probably in all areas minutely and incrementally more when all lost tolerances are stacked together.

Had the same thing on my old P4, had to take the steering wheel off and tighten down the bolts that connect to the helm tilt mechanism. I think there was 6 bolts in there and all of them were loose. Once i tightened those up had no more “Play” in the wheel. Just something else to look at and is pretty easy to check.

No jlaustin1963 it is not normal. You have an issue of some sort on the steering wheel, hub or helm itself.

So I feel like I am hijacking MARK5795s thread but now I am worried because of BCBs response. BCB. Do you have some photos of what the 15/16 nut and assembly should look like under the wheel cap that you could send me? Is there a diagram or schematic of the tilt steering mechanism from 2008 you could send me?

Resurrecting this old thread. I finally dicovered what is dragging when I torque the steering wheel to spec. It is the Pro Trim lever mount. Has anyone every had this issue and if so, what was the fix to eliminate the dragging?Thanks,Jackie.