Tail spring slop

[Viking]

I’m getting close to covering my fuselage, and checking off the remaining items before I start covering. When I installed the tail spring and Bearhawk tailwheel, I reamed the bolt hole in the fuselage to 5/16, and installed a close tolerance bolt. The bolt provides for a very good fit left to right, but there is still some play between the tail spring and socket up and down. There is also quite a bit more play than I’d like to see between the tail spring and the socket on the tailwheel. I recall reading somewhere a while back about installing the tail spring with loctite retaining compound to fill any gap. I can’t seem to find that information now. Has anyone had issues with the amount of slop in the tail spring? What have you guys done to mitigate it?

[Nev]

Advice given to me by Bob was to use Loctite Red on that joint, I have to say that it's held very well since over several hundred hours. Without it there was play in the joint with the holes beginning to enlarge.