Mmmmm ...
DAMN it ... Albatross you beat me to it
.... if the machine has recently come out of maintenence ... it is just possible that in an effort to get the preload correct on a machine with a worn out of round uniball it may well have been incorrectly shimmed ... it happens easily.
The normal feel of a 206 cyclic is more like flying abowl of oatmeal than of concrete .... (my opinion of course).
