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I see what you're saying, but since they've instructed me to get it apart surely I'll be covered?!? A mate returned a frame with an issue to them after he'd had it apart and cut the steerer and they still took it as the issue was unrelated.
Getting it back to Paul's in Norfolk is going to be a ballache that'll leave me bike-less for weeks I imagine so reluctant to go down that route straight away.
mrJL
Scilly.Suffolk
Assuming you haven't blasted it with the pressure washer/been using it for cyclo-cross, it's possible that the shell wasn't manufactured to tolerance.
The manufacturing tolerances for BB30 are pretty tight, hence the introduction of PF30. If the shell is out, you'll get the characteristic click which Loctite etc will only mask temporarily.
Cannondale were one of the companies to develop BB30 so their frames are normally spot-on, but as the bike is only six months old it isn't "normal wear & tear".
I would insist they do all the work: it's a practically new bike and should still be working perfectly. If it comes to it, you won't get a new frame without a struggle and if you've had it apart, that will make it even more difficult.