Mtb Fork Lockout Not Working

Try taking the lock-out lever off.

Mtb fork lockout not working. Excellent condition Fox Float 32 29r mountain bike fork with the Kashima coating. Some forks have what is called remote lockout - the lever is placed on the handlebar and thus you dont need to reach down at the fork to operate it. Your new Voltbike may have a Suntour front suspension fork that has a dual-position lock-out dial on the RH side that allows the rider to open and lock the suspension travel of the front fork.

The lockout is a switchlever on one of the tubes in your MTB fork that once turned makes your fork rigid. Easy to fix because you dont need to take the forks apart or. 3- If you drain the oil from the right lower the oil will be blue or a mix of blue and brown.

What can happen is that the bottom end of the spring pops out of a locating hole inside the damper and can no longer tension anything. Steck Manufacturing - Big Easy Delux KIT. I just bought a 2006 Sportster 1200 Custom my first bike.

However the fork lock does not work as it was obviously intended for standard Sportster forks. You should find leaked oil in the lowers on the right hand side. ZTZ MTB Fork 26 275 29 inch MTB Suspension Fork Travel 120mm1-18 Straight TubeTapered Tube Mountain Bike ForksManual Lockout - Remote Lockout 37 out of 5 stars 7.

If you can pedal standing up without it bobbing around excessively then the lockout is working as expected if not it could mean an oil leak or that the forks came under filled. If the lock-out dial stops functioning follow steps 1-6 to fix this feature. Hey so MTB season is coming up soon and I usually do quite a bit of uphill to get to a downhill section but my front fork wont lockout anymore.

One of the main reasons I bought it was it has a Wide Glide front end and a ton of upgrades. Many forks have a stanchion top lever shown at right to lock out the fork. Check to see if you can lock-out without the knob.