[nixhexss]

When holding my front brake and rocking the bike back and forth there's a slight knocking noise and a loose feeling. It pretty much feels EXACTly like a loose headset. After ruling out the loose headset and checking every damn bolt on the front end of the bike I had no idea what was causing it.

Then I grabbed the stanchions where they meet the fork lowers. There's like a millimeter or two of play. You can feel the legs rock back and forth in the lowers. A very very tiny bit. Does anyone else's fork do this? SHould I definitely send it back?

I really don't wanna have to send the damn thing back because it'll cause me to miss first Plattekill race!

this sucks....

 

[Ctfphotos]

I just got the same fork and felt the same "knocking". It's not a defect it's the way the initial travel/sag feesl in that SPV fork. I know it feels weird, but it's fine.

 

[BlackDiamond]

I'll ditto that. My (old/sold) Slider + did the same thing. Guess that's just the way it is. But make sure you don't have an ovalized headtube, just to be safe.

 

[chillindrdude]

nixhess...i would be happy to take that pesky fork off your hands.

 

[nixhexss]

i know they all knock...but do you guys literally have play in the fork....where the stanchions go into the sliders

 

[Ctfphotos]

No actual play, but it feels like it. I'm sure it's fine. Just go ride it.

 

[nixhexss]

yeah i shall

maybe ill die this wknd when my fork seperates....maybe i wont

 

[Ctfphotos]

That's the spirit!

 

[Kornphlake]

my fox fork was like that, apparently I was the only one that didn't get used to it. If you just don't worry about it and ride you'll forget about it. Do the sliders have the microlube ports? Maybe squirting some grease in there would dampen the noise.

 

[Inclag]

If you have actual back and forth play between the lowers and the stanchions chances are you need to have the bushings replaced. If you just have a clunk as the travel begins to engage, it's probably what everyone else is saying that it is the damper. I wouldn't know though as I have never touched one of those forks.