F3 - Saddle Bag internal locking question/observation

[kaamacat]

OK.... for those of you that have the bags here is the question and why I ask.

The internal "dial" that moves the bracing arm forward has about 1/8 of a turn being
loose at the end of engagement. Meaning once fully engaged you can turn on the backwards
direction with NO movement of the arm. There is no resistance at all for about 1/8 turn.

Now... My issue was that the arm was coming backwards as-if not locked from inside
the bag. What I noticed (literally just a minute ago) is that when the dial is fully turned,
the arm is locked solid. If you turn it back just a bit, then the arm can freely move
backwards. (So there is a point where it is securely locked in-place). So it appears that
when the dial is rotated backwards just a very small bit, you have unlocked it.

The issue becomes that the dial (mine at-least) is free moving and the pure imbalance
of the dial inside can move the bag, then it's unlocked.

IS ANYONE ELSE SEEING THIS?

 

[MMMII]

Is it just one bag or both?

 

[kaamacat]

Is it just one bag or both?

Left side.... The right side has a definite position at the end where it somewhat "locks" and
stays at the end of the rotation. A defined click when in-place. So its turn.... arm moves forward... stops and click.

The left side has nothing BUT if I press in a bit on the dial you can slightly feel it is
hitting some form of detent point. Problem is (other than a defect) the only access you
can get to is the dial itself with the torx screw. The unit itself is on the back of the bag and
cased within the rivets.

 

[kaamacat]

Just sent an email to the dealer about wanting a new bag replacement. (The only way you could fix this
is to drill the rivets holding that back steel panel... attempt a fix... then re-rivet, which just is not going to
be pretty IMHO)