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It feels good to not be treated like the red-headed stepchild...
 
This weekend I swapped out the caged bearing for the pb washers. Centering is still great, but it went from rocketing open and smoothly drop shutting, to needing a wrist flick to open consistently and not drop shutting. Is this solely a need of washers to break in, or did I screw something up?
 
WedgeAntilles said:
This weekend I swapped out the caged bearing for the pb washers. Centering is still great, but it went from rocketing open and smoothly drop shutting, to needing a wrist flick to open consistently and not drop shutting. Is this solely a need of washers to break in, or did I screw something up?
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I bet you have the pivot to tight, trick is to find the sweet spot just when the blade is centered and then use a small drop of blue locktite.
If you want to use washer go with the teflon washer rather than PB
Bearings are OK but they are noisy and almost sloppy feeling , to me anyways. All of my Hinderer are on teflon washer .
Did you change the lock bar stabilizer?
 
If you're using grease: that really lubes things up well... but it slows things down.
try oil; and see if it speeds things up for you.
Good luck!
 
lex2006 said:
I bet you have the pivot to tight, trick is to find the sweet spot just when the blade is centered and then use a small drop of blue locktite.
If you want to use washer go with the teflon washer rather than PB
Bearings are OK but they are noisy and almost sloppy feeling , to me anyways. All of my Hinderer are on teflon washer .
Did you change the lock bar stabilizer?
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I didn't touch the lock bar stabilizer. Just disassemble, remove bearings, add the spacers, add the pb washers, then back together.
 
I loosened the pivot a touch, and it was a much smoother opening. Still not drop shutty, but that probably just takes break in. In either case, I swapped back to bearings so I can have the extra smooth action now. I work in an office, so it's not likely to get gummed up. If I take it out on a hunting trip or similar adventure, I'll drop the washers back in. These really are easy to disassemble and reassemble. I think I'm actually gonna give this one some pocket time. (Along with a small sebenza 21 in a sheath as a backup knife.)

Now my only sadness with it is my orange scale gets discolored super easily from my jeans. I know a magic eraser makes quick work of it, but still. I want to get a second scale for this in black.
 
😁 that's why I bought a blue one: jeans discoloration is a non-event... 👍
 

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WedgeAntilles said:
I loosened the pivot a touch, and it was a much smoother opening. Still not drop shutty, but that probably just takes break in. In either case, I swapped back to bearings so I can have the extra smooth action now. I work in an office, so it's not likely to get gummed up. If I take it out on a hunting trip or similar adventure, I'll drop the washers back in. These really are easy to disassemble and reassemble. I think I'm actually gonna give this one some pocket time. (Along with a small sebenza 21 in a sheath as a backup knife.)

Now my only sadness with it is my orange scale gets discolored super easily from my jeans. I know a magic eraser makes quick work of it, but still. I want to get a second scale for this in black.
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It would be MUCH cheaper to Rit dye the orange scale to black, or just about any of other darker colors.
 
stevekolt said:
Where did you find these? VERY interested...
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Not sure if you found one but I bought 2 during the chaos and worry they would sell out fast. I’m going to get rid of 1 if you want it. Just going to ask what I have Into to. If your interested shoot me a PM
 
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