Hopefully you guys can assist please
I’ve noticed a knocking/clunking noise in my forks or shock….I’ve narrowed it down to either of these but think it’s the fork
I can get the same clunk every time I compress the seat / top tube, standing still so is no other part of the bike, it’s not the headset there is no play but it kinda sounds like a headset being loose if a know what I mean..it does it in both locked out and open but only for the first bit of travel, ie it doesn’t continue to do it throughout the travel, the forks don’t fully lock out and I’m wondering if they are goosed..
The rear shock is 2 months old and works fine, but because the noise is when the bikes compresseed I can’t rule out the rear shock, but it performs solid in climb and works through all the travel fine on descend etc, I really don’t think it’s the shock
But the front fork doesn’t lock out fully and when I compres in locked out mode up front the clunk happens and the fork compresses about 5 millimetres , so basically pressing down on the bike in fully open or fully locked it makes a clunking noise
I also can sort of feel the clunk vibration through my arm on the handlebars when it makes the clunk again making me think it’s the fork and not the shock
The bike doesn’t make a sound while riding which is good, but on technical climbing it does it a lot when the suspension on front or back are going through that initial 5 mm travel up and down
I’ve not had my forks serviced for a while they fox float 32 fit damper, does it sound like bushings perhaps? Though when I rock the forks back and forth there is no movement?
Sorry to babble on, any ideas guys?