Buck Mayo lock movement question

Will York

Will York

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I recently purchased a Buck Mayo from another forum member, new-in-box condition. The blade lock had some moderate play when I first received it, but I hoped it would seat in and be fine with a little use. Unfortunately, although the side-to-side play seems to have worked out of the action, now there is a vertical play that is noticeable to the point that you can grasp the point of the blade with one hand while holding the handle with the other, work the knife "up and down", and feel significant movement--in fact, you can hear the tang hitting the stop pin.

Since I didn't buy the knife from Buck, am I out of luck?

Thanks,
Will
 
Just a follow-up to say that I can squeeze on the lock when it is engaged and get it to firm up and eliminate the blade play, but then it sticks in that position and is somewhat harder to disengage.
 
Not at all, they fully stand behind their products. First I would make sure the pivot screws are snug, as that is often the cause of such a symptom........if not, send it back and it will be fixed or replace.

If you are inclined to take it apart you might want to bend the lock in just a tad.
 
Very considerate of you to reply personally, and sorry to pester you with this. I don't have a set of torx wrenches, and am such a bungler anyway, I think I'd be better off sending it back in.

The reason I posted here was that when I went to Buck's website, it said to include purchase information along with any knife sent in to be worked on. Since I have no purchase information, as far as a dealer's invoice or that sort of thing, I thought I'd better check first to see what to do.

I guess I should just send it to the warranty address? If anyone could verify this for me, I'll appreciate it.

Thanks again,
Will
 
Someplace in a recent thread under Buck knives, I had a similar prob. Took the knife a part, cleaned, and put it together using CRK grease, and it locks up gr8 with no play at all. As Tom stated, it was probably the pivot screw that needed to be tightned on my knife, too.
That might work, but Tom's the man, so take his advice first. I'll concur, Buck will fix their product if you need to send it to them.

Good luck, steve
 
Okay, I'm sending the knife in to the following address, unless corrected by someone here:

Buck Knives, Inc.
1900 Weld Blvd.
El Cajon, Ca. 92020

By the way, the knife is extremely light, ergonomic, comfortable to carry IWB, easy to clean, with an unusually well-ground and sharpened edge, and appears very strong. I like the blade shape and the opening hole, and the deep-pocket clip placement. Impressively well-thought-out and refined. I'm very glad to know I can get it tuned up.

Thanks again to all,
Will
 
Will,
To reduce temptation of postal or ups workers to steel, do not use Buck Knives name. If you use BKI, the people in El Cajon will know but to all in between you and there, it will be an anonymous name.
Buck does not require dealer invoice or receipt info. They do, however, monitor to see if the same person repeatedly has warranty issues. This is to minimize the liklihood of someone taking advantage of them by sending in old garage sale or flea market beaters and requesting warranty coverage.
 
You don't need to worry about purchase info too much. I sent in a Buck Strider that I bought off a forum member, no problems. Don't forget to include your return name and address. Sounds obvious, but you would be surprised how many people forget that little detail.:eek:
 
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