BG-42 not good for 186 Ti

Deep6Osama said:
I sent my 186 XLTI in for a BG-42. It came back in eight days which impressed me very much. I wonder if it will take another eight days to get the wooble out of the blade. The blade has plenty of side to side wobble and up and down wobble with poor lock up. Oh and has a nice rattle if you shake the knife.

The BG-42 blade has a bronze bushing which has an inner diameter way to large for the screw that is supposed hold it to the handle. The hole in the blade is to large for the original stainless bushing for the 186. So there must be a third correct bushing for this application which they did not bother to use.

Do you have to ask them to inspect the work that they do or is there an additional fee?


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Well it's back from it's second trip to Buck. It has one improvement. The blade does not flex backwards when cutting. The same bronze bushing is still there so the blade screw cannot be tightened to much or the blade will not move. The bronze bushing which is pressed into the BG-42 needs to be thicker than the blade. It is obvious at this point that Buck does not have the correct bushing to hook up a BG-42 to a 186. I have tightened the screw just enough so the blade does not get pinched and added lock tite to the threads. The lock tite has to cure for 24 hours so I will no more tomorrow. This knife will no longer be carried for daily use. I don't think the bronze bushing will last long rubbing against the threads of the blade screw. The original blade bushing is stainless steel. I would think the bronze bushing would be best used on a 560 or 110.

I guess not enough 186's get sent in for blade swaps to warrant stocking the correct part.
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I did not realize any of the above was bad mouthing you Joe! I know you did not do the work so it is not your fault. I did enclose a very specific description of the problem in the package. Yes of course I want the problem corrected.

If I have offended you I do apologize!
 
Joe Houser said:
:grumpy: I totally understand why you are upset but I am taking care of this right? Didn't you get my email? Why bad mouth me here?
If you still have issues, send me another email and lets work them out.
I will still bend over backwards to make you satisfied regardless but geeze!
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Joe will definetly make it better! No worries, he's the best represenitive a company could have!:thumbup:
 
samhain73 said:
Joe will definetly make it better! No worries, he's the best represenitive a company could have!:thumbup:
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There is no doubt if the problem can be corrected he will make it happen! He is a great guy and Buck would not be Buck without him. I really feel bad if I have offended him in any way. I just don't see how I did.
 
I must have been in a real mood yesterday and I apologize for getting so bent.
Like I said in my email, I want posters to be able to inform me of when they are not satisfied with a Buck product or service. That kind of information is crucial in that it tells us where we need to concentrate our improvement efforts.
I do disagree with one comment that you made in your last post. It IS my responsibility/fault that this turned out the way it did. You did include specific instructions on what you wanted done with your knife. The process I have in place here did not work and since I am the guy in charge, its my bad, simple as that.
Now back to the search for a 186 bushing...
 
Joe Houser said:
Like I said in my email, I want posters to be able to inform me of when they are not satisfied with a Buck product or service. That kind of information is crucial in that it tells us where we need to concentrate our improvement efforts.
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...[coff, coff]...About the 110 I sent in for a blade upgrade 25 days ago... :rolleyes:
 
Buckaholic said:
You are too funny El Pollo. :D
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"Man's got to make a living"..."Dying ain't much of a living, boy"... ;)

C'mon Gooser...Who said each of those lines, and what other significant film did the first guy appear in??? (Hint - he had a knife in the film)... :D
 
Joe Houser said:
I do disagree with one comment that you made in your last post. It IS my responsibility/fault that this turned out the way it did. You did include specific instructions on what you wanted done with your knife. The process I have in place here did not work and since I am the guy in charge, its my bad, simple as that.
Now back to the search for a 186 bushing...
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I have been a supervisor or leader in many fields. One phrase comes to mind you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
 
chickentrax said:
"Man's got to make a living"..."Dying ain't much of a living, boy"... ;)

C'mon Gooser...Who said each of those lines, and what other significant film did the first guy appear in??? (Hint - he had a knife in the film)... :D
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"Pretty Woman", "Beaches", "Outlaw Josey Wales", or "Sleepless in Seattle"?

And I don't know the answer to the second part of the question. :(
 
Buckaholic said:
"Pretty Woman", "Beaches", "Outlaw Josey Wales", or "Sleepless in Seattle"?(
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You left out "The Empire Strikes Back"...

"Outlaw Josey Wales" ;)

The actor is John Davis Chandler (he was one of the bounty hunters); the other movie was "The Young Savages" [Burt Lancaster starred]; Chandler played a psychopathic gang member who stabbed a rival to death (but not with a Buck)...Very evil looking guy... :D
 
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