I think there might be some misunderstanding. There is no actual play in my case. But if you hold the fork under your arm and pull on the tube, you would hear the noise. You have to actually try to bend the tube to make it tick. The play results from elastic bending of the tube. It is not loose in there. You wouldn't be able to see the movement with your eyes. It may not be a tight fit but clearance is maybe in the order of microns, not even a mm.