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The lockout dial on my Fox float 32 RL (off my 2008 meta 5.5.2).
When I turn it, they don't lock out! Annoying. Just tried it a few times and got it to lock out once. But every other time, it does nothing.
Have you been storing it/the bike upside down at all? That'll cause the lockout to stop working for a bit.
Yes I have, while cleaning it. How come?
Had this happen to mine a while back. Took it to the LBS who called Mojo.
IIRC let all the air pressure out the fork. Set rebound to min. cycle the forks a few times, then reset air and rebound. Something to do with air and the oil mixing causing bubbles or something ( my shonky memory here) but worked fine after that.
[i]Have you been storing it/the bike upside down at all? That'll cause the lockout to stop working for a bit. [/i]
Yeah, noticed the same with mine. Would go out cycling and it would work again fine.
Whats IIRC? I might try that then micarms
If I remember correctly, got it!
The dampener cartridge has the oil in/out valve at the bottom of the assembly. This is at the bottom of the right leg. For the rebound/compression/lockout to work the dampener needs to be full of oil. When the fork is the right way up the valve sits submerged in the suspension oil that gathers at the bottom of the leg. If you store it upside down the oil gathers by the fork seals and the valve isn't submerged in oil. It would seem oil can drain from the dampener and is replaced with the air in the fork leg. It then won't function properly. If you flip the forks the right way up and push the fork as far down as possible and cycle it up and down a few times the dampener with fill with oil and the air will be pushed out. It will then work again. By letting the air out of the spring, or removing the spring if vanillas, it is much easier to push the fork all the way down.
This happens with Pace forks quite a bit if kept upside down for any period of time.
Thanks guys, sorted with just a few pushes of the fork down.