Can you de assist a ZT 0566????

[tlisowski]

I saw a ZT 0566FDEBW on kershawguy's website. It looked so awesome and couldn't resist. I have a blur and I de assisted that. Does the 0566 have a detent to hold the blade in after the torsion bar is taken out?
Thanks,
Tom

 

[DAVE_M]

Yes. A simple use of the search feature would reveal a ton of information regarding the subject.

There is even a tutorial.

 

[tlisowski]

Yes. A simple use of the search feature would reveal a ton of information regarding the subject.

There is even a tutorial.

Sorry for asking? All you had to say was yes or not respond at all

 

[craytab]

Yes. A simple use of the search feature would reveal a ton of information regarding the subject.

There is even a tutorial.

Yup. Google is your friend.

I deassisted mine when I had it. Improved the knife greatly. Blade length was a little too small though so I sold it.

 

[DAVE_M]

Sorry for asking? All you had to say was yes or not respond at all

I did say Yes. I also informed you of many threads on the subject that could be found using Bladeforums search feature.

I would also suggest typing this in Google's search engine without quotation marks: "ZT0566 Deassist site:bladeforums.com"

 

[craytab]

Sorry for asking? All you had to say was yes or not respond at all

Don't take offense man, some people don't know about the search function here. When I have a question about something, I ask google. It is fun to do your own research. You can filter the BS better. If I still need help I will ask a question but this rarely happens as there is so much information at the tips of our fingers.

 

[tlisowski]

Yup. Google is your friend.

I deassisted mine when I had it. Improved the knife greatly. Blade length was a little too small though so I sold it.

How about the blade centering. That is the only thing I am afraid of. When I de assisted my blur the blade was never centered again. Does the blade center well after you take it apart?

 

[craytab]

It centered just as well as before. There is video on fixing the centering that I looked at. I entered "centering zt 566" into google and it was the first one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paRewmjnFl0

 

[tlisowski]

Thanks for the info guys

 

[grownstar]

Good luck with your knife! The 0566 is one of my favorites, and that FDE scale looks great against the blackwash finish.

 

[kniferbro]

I remember a post a couple of months back where a member's new 0566 did not have a detent hole drilled. There were talks in the thread about ZT phasing the detent hole out of the 0566, but just speculation.

Edit: here's that thread http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1225179-ZT0566-no-detent-hole

Looks like the owner sent it to ZT and it came back with a detent. Disregard what I said!