I've got a creak coming from the front end of my AS-X. I'm running a fox vanilla 125 rlc, king headset, truvativ stem and bars.
I'm 99% sure the creak is either in the fork or the headset. The creak only happens when I slam the fork into a square-edged hit without pulling up. Like hitting a deep or a curb or sometimes when I nose-case. I don't even have to slam it. I can just push the bike into a curb while not even riding it and it sometimes makes the creak. This is why I am convinced it is a front-end creak and not something else echoing through the frame. It never creaks when landing a jump or drop. It is a "sudden" sounding creak, like almost a "pop" sort of creak.
Interestingly enough, I get a similar problem with my BMX, which also has a king HS, so I think it is more than likely the headset, but I don't want to lose my teeth if I'm wrong.
The fork and headset are both around 3 years old. One thing it could be is I am not running the nylon washer between the headset topcap and the stem that the king comes with on either bike on the advice of my mechanic. Would an LBS have these on hand? I have never done any maintenance on either king HS. Is there anything that needs to be done?
On another issue entirely, the R in my rlc works great, but the L and the C have both stopped working. What can cause this? Low oil? I changed the oil and the seals 8 months ago, but I have only ridden the bike for the last month and it sat in my house for 7 months.
I'm 99% sure the creak is either in the fork or the headset. The creak only happens when I slam the fork into a square-edged hit without pulling up. Like hitting a deep or a curb or sometimes when I nose-case. I don't even have to slam it. I can just push the bike into a curb while not even riding it and it sometimes makes the creak. This is why I am convinced it is a front-end creak and not something else echoing through the frame. It never creaks when landing a jump or drop. It is a "sudden" sounding creak, like almost a "pop" sort of creak.
Interestingly enough, I get a similar problem with my BMX, which also has a king HS, so I think it is more than likely the headset, but I don't want to lose my teeth if I'm wrong.
The fork and headset are both around 3 years old. One thing it could be is I am not running the nylon washer between the headset topcap and the stem that the king comes with on either bike on the advice of my mechanic. Would an LBS have these on hand? I have never done any maintenance on either king HS. Is there anything that needs to be done?
On another issue entirely, the R in my rlc works great, but the L and the C have both stopped working. What can cause this? Low oil? I changed the oil and the seals 8 months ago, but I have only ridden the bike for the last month and it sat in my house for 7 months.