Had my RP23 (2011) serviced at Mojo recently and i have now noticed that it makes a gritt / slurpy type (not a very good description i know). A mate said it was sometimes if there is too much fluid in it this happens and that it will ease off, thing is i dont remember this noise being there on the first couple of rides after picking up my bike from LBS...!
Cavitation by the sound of it, send it back.
Whats that?
Oil going all frothy with air bubbles in it. The nitrogen charge in the damper is supposed to prevent this.
My RP3 is away to Loco tuning for a service and it was slurping a bit.
Could just be the extra lube that was added in the service fork tech's tend add a little more than factory to decrease stitchion in use. People tend to freak out when they see a little splash lube on the outside bits of there suspension when the bikes new. Or could you be paying more attention to the shock as you have just paid to get it worked on or it's making a bad noise and needs reworking. Was it a air can service or a full strip down if it was an air can service you don't have cavitation as that's air in the oil of the damper end of the unit which would not be touched in a air can service.
Not sure what the service was as it was a exdemo bike that i have just bought from my LBS. i noticed the rebound dial only moved 3 clicks so i chucked it back at LBS to sort, they just sent it off to Mojo! Gotta pop in thefre on Fri so will ask...
If they had to fix the rebound dial it most probably was a full strip down just ask. The shop staff probably won't know they may need to ask some questions so be patient with them.