Rockshock recon not locking out

[Bassfever71]

Went for a ride last week and decided to check air in front and rear shock. Front was a bit low so I filled it up a few pumps. Now with lockout engaged it doesn’t fully lock out like it did prior to filling up. Not sure what happened or what to do. Anyone have suggestions ?

 

[jklett]

Has nothing to do with you adding air, the lockout is part of the damper. Should be fixed by having a damper service done.

 

[Bassfever71]

Ok gotcha, it happened exactly after I added a few pumps of air so I figured it was that. Also noticed when I released air hose a mist of oil shot out the valve stem and that’s when it stopped working. It definitely stiffens up but not locking out like it did.

 

[Karate Monkey]

Recon (or any reasonable hydraulic fork) shouldn't lock out 100%. It's better to think of it as a firm-up mode. If you threw a bag of concrete on the handlebars, it would sink, just slowly.

That said, maintenance is necessary, especially over time. Refilling an RL damper is no more complicated than a lowers service, so any shop that does the latter, will do the former.

 

[FastFreddy]

The RockShox Revelation on my bike did the same thing after I let my bike sit upside down while I was working on it. It wouldn't lockout and also felt like it had very little dampening rebound or compression. I did absolutely nothing to it and it just started working again after a couple rides and has been working fine since so IDK. Could be low oil (even slightly), a damper issue, or a seal issue that lets the oil move into the fork lowers from what I can remember when I first looked into it a while ago.