888 c-clip... revisited?

[Coop]

So before I do anything drastic, can someone confirm with me that it might be a problem with the preload c-clip if the fork sounds like someone shaking a bag of washers as the fork rebounds out of its sag?

eg. when I lift the front of my bike lightly off the ground (or not even off, just enough to eliminate the sag) it makes a lame, shaking a handful of metal bits sound.

i'd love to be able to bring to my lbs for a pro-opinion, but our mechanic is completely out to lunch when it comes to anything involving suspension...when I asked him about the sound he blamed it on my monocoque frame (03 a-line) "thats just how norcos are, its the new monocoque frame, it reverberates, dont worry about any noises it makes". sorry, with all respect, but i think a mysterious crunching sound in my fork that happens all of a sudden deserves a bit more of an "oh shit" than that.

thanks,
matt

[Nelson]

Thats absolutley the sound of a 888 with a loose clip. First 1-2 cm of negative travel right? Open it up, bend it out wards a little, flip it over and pop it back in. I only had to do this once last season.

[Incorrigible]

It is definitely the sound of the c-clip needing adjustment or change of position. I have not personally done this, rather I had the Marz tech at Whistler do it for me last year, so I defer to others on exactly how to do it yourself.
It is not your frame.

[Coop]

Thanks guys :)

[jive turkey]

the word on the street is the springs are settling within the fork legs. the 'c-clip' has 3 positions on the damper rod where it can be placed. from what i understand marz. locates this on the top notch, the spring compresses slightly over time and therfore some play occurs between the spring and the c-clip thats there to add the slightest pre-load. i figure moving this c-clip down 1 or 2 notches equally on each side of the fork dampers to add little spring pre-load should solve this.

i'll look up the thread that explains this!