Gitzo locks gives grinding feeling..normal?

[wildviper]

I figured I make a new thread so that someone in future can just see the replies.

Anyways, I just got a Gitzo GT2530 Carbon tripod and seem to find that the leg locking mechanism is grinding(as if there is sand there). Is this normal?

Also, since this is not GLock( :( ), is it normal to be turning the locking mechanism and almost unscrewing them?

I guess I am doing this wrong???

Thanx for any help.

[jsmiley]

I figured I make a new thread so that someone in future can just see the replies.

Anyways, I just got a Gitzo GT2530 Carbon tripod and seem to find that the leg locking mechanism is grinding(as if there is sand there). Is this normal?

Also, since this is not GLock( :( ), is it normal to be turning the locking mechanism and almost unscrewing them?

I guess I am doing this wrong???

Thanx for any help.
I have two gitzo G2220. And the only time that I experienced any grinding on the twist lock mechanism on the legs was when some sand got in to the mechanism. If this is your case with one leg? I disassemble the locking mechanism clean it and replaced and lubricated. That took care of the grinding.

If this tripod is new and doing it on all legs. I would pose this question to Gitzo.
Hope this helps.

[tpower]

I figured I make a new thread so that someone in future can just see the replies.

Anyways, I just got a Gitzo GT2530 Carbon tripod and seem to find that the leg locking mechanism is grinding(as if there is sand there). Is this normal?

Also, since this is not GLock( :( ), is it normal to be turning the locking mechanism and almost unscrewing them?

I guess I am doing this wrong???

Thanx for any help.

I second what John said. Regarding the unscrewing thing, the leg locks on my new Gitzo 2531 need only a quarter of a turn to engage/disengage. This is engineered to be about what you can easily do without releasing and regripping the mechanism, and it makes for really fast deployment and break-down. There should be no need to go past about a quarter turn either direction.

[Manfr3d]

If there is a grinding you should clean it. Sand will ruin the thread over time.
The aluminium Gitzo I have has some kind of fluid (oil?) in the thread and I
had sucess cleaning the threads with a toothbrush and tissue paper. To do this
simply unscrew the lockings. Beware that some parts may fall out (usualy
the plastic spacing ring). The reassembly is very easy though and does not
require any kind of tools. Good luck.