Bam!! sound from speed SL lockout lever

[rushrider]

Received my carbon speed SL back from Cannondale yesterday and put in on my bike last night. All set up ready to test it out...

I began to move the lockout lever to figure out locked/unlocked (they moved the start position of this lever). It was incredibly hard to move it, lots of resistance so I figured I'll move it back and forth a couple of times so I began, locked/unlocked, locked/unlocked - suddenly bam - a loud sharp single noise came from the shock - just like the sound of a wheel spoke breaking - you know, something under tension that releases suddenly. What the heck??!?

Any clues to what might have caused it?? The lockout lever was easier to move afterwards and I pushed down on the fork, seems to be fine, but that sound was very disconcerting.

[Flying Wombat]

Impossible to say without taking the shock apart. I wonder if some loctite was spilt on the lockout mechanism and you broke it loose when you turned the shock?
Thats why I bought myself a castle tool and appropriate sockets so I can do any and all work on the Lefty myself. The lefty internals are dead simple inside.

Kevin

[Dan Gerous]

If it was very hard to turn before, Flying Wombat's theory of some Loctite blocking the movement could be right. You know, a drop of Loctite where it's not supposed to be, that sound could very well being the Loctite breaking loose so you may have fixed it. Is your lock-out working properly now? I mean, not only the lever's movement but does it actually locks out the Lefty when you turn it? And the rebound?

[rushrider]

Thanks guys for the responses. Yes, the lockout and rebound adjuster works fine now. Maybe it was locktite breaking free - good though. However it wasn't that I couldn't move the lever before, if was just incredibly hard to move, but I did manage to do so about twice, back and forth before the pop! Not sure now what to do though. I guess if it feels ok, I should be ok? Just still quite disconcerting.