When I got home I could replicated it by licking the rear up about 3 inches and dropping it.

Probably shouldn't lick your shock.

Have you tried contacting a Cane Creek repair center for advice? Cane Creek has a list of them on their website.

 

Probably shouldn't lick your shock.

Have you tried contacting a Cane Creek repair center for advice? Cane Creek has a list of them on their website.

Got to love IPhones auto correct. I have not yet as I was hoping to find someone with a similar issue that found an easier fix than sending it off to cane creek

 

I once hat a Kitsuma coil makeing a knocking sound on switch from compression to rebound movement.

I disassembled the shock, checked the base valves, bleed the shock properly and reassembled everything. Still the same knocking sound. I ended up returning it to the seller.

I opened a thread here at that time but all advise I got was sending it of to CC.

As far as I understand it's a noise caused by the hydraulic switching oil pressure direction and my guess is it's caused by the check valve.
I have seen similar noises on some fork damper cartridges where the fix of the manufacturer was changing the spring and shim for the check valve.

Hope that helps

 

I once hat a Kitsuma coil makeing a knocking sound on switch from compression to rebound movement.

I disassembled the shock, checked the base valves, bleed the shock properly and reassembled everything. Still the same knocking sound. I ended up returning it to the seller.

I opened a thread here at that time but all advise I got was sending it of to CC.

As far as I understand it's a noise caused by the hydraulic switching oil pressure direction and my guess is it's caused by the check valve.
I have seen similar noises on some fork damper cartridges where the fix of the manufacturer was changing the spring and shim for the check valve.

Hope that helps

Ah, guess I’ll let CC take a look and when it comes back I’ll just sell it off. Sad because I love supporting local companies but I can’t stand that rattle

 

Just came across your post. I'm dealing with the same problem. I sent it away for warranty service back in march to rectify the issue. When I got it back and put it on, I crashed and broke my hand first lap, so just getting back out there now. The shock is still rattling, and it feels like absolute garbage with all that racket. I'm pretty sure I can feel it, as with a different shock, it feels way smoother. The noise/feeling is more apparent with the switch on 'climb', and locked, there is no noise at all. It seems like what evernorth said, that it appears to be coming from the change from compression to rebound, almost like the piston isn't tight. Seems odd for a premium shock to be making so much noise. I don't want to, but it'll likely be getting sent back to have this addressed...

 

I sent mine in and they did a rebuild under warranty. I’ve got about 4 rides on it since with no noise. I’m bottomed it pretty hard 2 or 3 times and slammed myself pretty good today and it’s still all quiet as of now.

 

Always worth checking it's not the shaft eyelet a little loose on the shaft.

I had that once with a new CCDB. Easy fix.

 

I once had that on an il coil. Turned out the mounting hardware was a little loose in one of the eyelets.

 

Is it an older one with the ifp or has it been upgraded to the bladder?
My og kitsuma sounded terrible when the ifp scored plus general poor assembly.