Halo V disassembly

[gte217e]

Hey everyone,

Nothing incredibly exciting here. However, I thought I would share my accomplishment. I can now disassemble and reassemble a Halo V fairly quickly.
It was very difficult for me to figure this process out. At one stage of re-assembly, I would compare it to a sensitive mouse trap where it would go off if you breathed on it the wrong way.
No additional tools are necessary other than the screw bit.
I have always been hesitant to disassemble this knife; however, I found one that was used and defective anyways and used it as a test subject.

That is all; but, if anyone needs any information about this process, I'll be more than happy to help.

[PURPLEDC]

geez Ive never had the pleasure of a halo V but I did have a halo clone once. They are the rubiks cube of the knife world. Congrats on that. May not be a big deal to many. But knowing how hard those things are to reassemble I would call that a great accomplishment.

[Blade_Grinder]

impress me..... disassemble the re-assemble a Microtech Nemesis! Just kidding...lol..... what you need to do is a tutorial on the Halo clone with pictures, that would be interesting!

[gzb]

what you need to do is a tutorial on the Halo clone with pictures, that would be interesting!

Please don't.

Just leave the *Clones* in Asia where they belong...?

[gte217e]

If there is a need for a video of how to disassemble the Halo V I will certainly put one together. Any interest?
I hear the Nemesis is ridiculous to put together even when you know exactly what to do.

[Blade_Grinder]

Please don't.

Just leave the *Clones* in Asia where they belong...?

LOL....only mentioned clone because thats what PURPLEDC was referring to. The Halo V is a snap to assemble but I take a few extra minutes assembling the Nemesis. If anyone needs help with any re-assembly of any Microtech knives I'd be happy to help them!
BG

[aggie113]

Thanks to Dave, got my Halo III back together today

[choppedlow]

I emailed you! Please help me get mine back together! This is a Chinese finger torture device that removes fingers! Thank you!

[choppedlow]

Got it figured out. First, why I took it apart. I recently got into the nerd world of flashlights and they are big on tritium tubes. I saw that Microtech offered one of these for a grand more than what I paid for mine, that had a tritium dot in the button. I was able to find a few guys on CPFmarket that sell them, so I got a few. My intention is to take the button and machine a few small holes and install three trits. They glow for 25 years, they are radioactive and are one of those cool little gadgets no one else has laying around. Also, mine was hanging up about every five deployments when I would pull the charge handle. From what I now know, it looks like previous owner must have taken it apart and bent the spring. It hangs up on the lip of the cup when it compresses. If anyone knows where I can get a new spring, please let me know.

First, here is a brief description for anyone who wants to have a good time with an unruly spring. This is the hard part. Put one of the spring cups butt end on a flat table with the spring guide inserted pointing up. This way you can guide the spring into the cup. When it gets to the end, carefully take the other cup and compress it. Easier said than done. BEFORE you do this, have the back half laying on the table, blade installed in the closed position. Make suer the button is in place where it will stop the blade from shooting out. Insert the charging handle into the opposing side, slightly pulled out just far enough to clear the detents (mine wouldn't snap on over the detents). It's a good idea to do a few dry runs, practicing placing the top side over the button, (carefully!) seating it on completely.

When you think your smooth at mating the parts together, now is the fun spring time. After you compress that spring and have them sandwiched all together, CAREFULLY place it in the slot where it goes at the end of the blade. It's about 1.5 inches long. This is fun because you might get to play "find the little spring guide" in your shop if it goes flinging across the room. IF you can get it in the slot and it will stay together, carefully place the top on, hold it down with one hand and start inserting the screws.

*DO THIS IN A CLEAN PLACE WHERE YOU CAN FIND THE PARTS WHEN THEY GO FLYING!!

Hope this helps anyone who decides to clean their Halo and see what is going on in there. Just be careful not to loose anything! Merry Christmas!

[gzb]

Got it figured out. First, why I took it apart. I recently got into the nerd world of flashlights and they are big on tritium tubes. I saw that Microtech offered one of these for a grand more than what I paid for mine, that had a tritium dot in the button. I was able to find a few guys on CPFmarket that sell them, so I got a few. My intention is to take the button and machine a few small holes and install three trits. They glow for 25 years, they are radioactive and are one of those cool little gadgets no one else has laying around. Also, mine was hanging up about every five deployments when I would pull the charge handle. From what I now know, it looks like previous owner must have taken it apart and bent the spring. It hangs up on the lip of the cup when it compresses. If anyone knows where I can get a new spring, please let me know.

First, here is a brief description for anyone who wants to have a good time with an unruly spring. This is the hard part. Put one of the spring cups butt end on a flat table with the spring guide inserted pointing up. This way you can guide the spring into the cup. When it gets to the end, carefully take the other cup and compress it. Easier said than done. BEFORE you do this, have the back half laying on the table, blade installed in the closed position. Make suer the button is in place where it will stop the blade from shooting out. Insert the charging handle into the opposing side, slightly pulled out just far enough to clear the detents (mine wouldn't snap on over the detents). It's a good idea to do a few dry runs, practicing placing the top side over the button, (carefully!) seating it on completely.

When you think your smooth at mating the parts together, now is the fun spring time. After you compress that spring and have them sandwiched all together, CAREFULLY place it in the slot where it goes at the end of the blade. It's about 1.5 inches long. This is fun because you might get to play "find the little spring guide" in your shop if it goes flinging across the room. IF you can get it in the slot and it will stay together, carefully place the top on, hold it down with one hand and start inserting the screws.

*DO THIS IN A CLEAN PLACE WHERE YOU CAN FIND THE PARTS WHEN THEY GO FLYING!!

Hope this helps anyone who decides to clean their Halo and see what is going on in there. Just be careful not to loose anything! Merry Christmas!

There's good reasoning behind why MT doesn't want most DIY's playing around in their OTF's. Basket cases galore...

[gte217e]

There isn't anything quite like the rush you get when everything is really quiet and set in place when all of a sudden a 5 inch blade is sent flying past your fingers as the setup explodes in front of your eyes.

[Blais]

There's a big part of me that wants to go back to MT, especially for a HALO, but I refuse to own one until they stop biting other designers.

[majigy]

I'd like to see how it works,do you have any pictures of the mechanism?