Quoted from JamCat:I’m having major issues with the chest forks not retracting more than half way. I can’t find any other posts on it. Surely others are having this issue? The magnet does release the tabs but it seems to have a lot of friction holding the assembly at least half way up. It screeches when I push it back down manually. Is that assembly supposed to magnetize back down into the coil sleeve? Or is the weight of the assembly and gravity relied on to put it back down? If it’s supposed to magnetize back down then that is not working. There is some left to right play within the sleeve but I can’t see any adjustment that would make a difference. I might have to get JJP to help with this one. Just thought I’d see if anyone else had the issue.
I have had this same issue twice, the first time I was checking to see if things were binding and I ended up making some mechanical adjustments. After a while, the problem returned but at this time I just used a small amount of white lithium grease on the bushings in the tracks to help them move more freely and that has solved the issue for now. Pretty handy stuff.