Fox lockout behaviour question

golfgtdude

You know when Fox forks are set to lockout... if you push down initially you can feel them lock but if you continue to apply weight to them on mine they begin to slowly compress and you can hear the air hissing out.

Is this normal for these forks - i have nothing to compare them to - used to have rockshox which remained solid when i did this? so wondered if something is wrong?

davehm

Which fox forks are they?

May be that you haven't got the blowoff set high enough, normally a blue adjuster at the bottom of the right leg IIRC.

trekex977

May be the pro pedal setting like Davehm said.

You normally have four settings I believe, will have to check mine.

Depends on the fork model if you have this or not.

joshtp

this is normal, lock out after all is just extreme compression damping. Normaly a small amount of oil can still pas through the valve, so it can be sompressed very slowly.... its normal

golfgtdude

The forks are Fox F100 RL's.

There is an obvious resistance there when lockout is activated. just wasn't sure if it was normal for them to be able to compress slowly when under pressure in this mode so to speak.

I've already got a weird fault with them which i've posted about where they make a squealing noise if compressed in lockout.

trekex977

Think the squealing noise is normal. This is the valves letting go as to prevent the seals popping.

The fox's are not complete lockout. I have Float RP24RLC.

golfgtdude

Mine never made the squeal to start with then all of a sudden it started and its quite annoying.

trekex977

Give Mojo a ring see what they say if you think there is a problem.

stumpyjon

Mine don't lockout at all now if the bike has been left to stand for a day or so. I have to cycle the forks a fews times and then everything is fine. TFTuned said it was normal for Fox forks to do this with age.

bike-a-swan

stumpyjon- that's the oil settling out of the damping system while standing isn't it?