Anyone here have a knocking noise on their Vanilla fork?
Vanilla Knock?!
- Thread starter Superdeft
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Yeah I used to have that. Mine went away once it got broken in. It is a VERY annoying thing, but if you can deal with it, it should go away. Mine only happened when I did certain things, like came down from a manual weird or something like that. I hear adding a bit of oil helps too.
How long did it take for that to go away?
I dont really remember. When I first got it it was like 5 times everytime I rode it, then it was 3 times, then it was once, then eventually it never did it again. My dad has it now.
what kind of knocking are we talking about? like when the fork compresses or what? My fork sounds like death, sounds like the crown is going to snap, just creaks so bad, any time i break with the front, or hit anything, i hear its normal and nothing to worry about, if your talking someting else i apolagize for my worthless post 
EDIT: this is a vanilla 125R
EDIT: this is a vanilla 125R
What fork is this?Originally posted by bbmj
what kind of knocking are we talking about? like when the fork compresses or what? My fork sounds like death, sounds like the crown is going to snap, just creaks so bad, any time i break with the front, or hit anything, i hear its normal and nothing to worry about, if your talking someting else i apolagize for my worthless post
My 125R doesnt so much knock as it does creak. A LOT!. when I break hard in the front, it is not pretty. I keep thinking I am cracking the crown or somthing. It just doesnt sound good.
Mike that sounds like a waranty-able crown issue rather than an internals problem.
A mechanic I know looked at it, and he said its probably just the bushings or somthing inside making the creaking and cracking. The crown shoes no signs of a crack, and until it does, i'm not TOO worried about it.....
Originally posted by bbmj
what kind of knocking are we talking about? like when the fork compresses or what? My fork sounds like death, sounds like the crown is going to snap, just creaks so bad, any time i break with the front, or hit anything, i hear its normal and nothing to worry about, if your talking someting else i apolagize for my worthless post
EDIT: this is a vanilla 125R
Mine does the same thing i asked fox they said its a normal thing.
Would any of you have picked another fork over the vanilla if you could have?
The fork feels really nice, but I think its just over engineered. Its a pain to work on, and has some hydrolock issues unless you do things just right. I like it, but given the choice probably would have gone with a z150 FR or somthing like it. but, for OEM, its a great fork
