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Cryo lock up problems

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Jccrigger

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Ive had the cryo for three months now and took it apart for cleaning and put it back together and noticed the lock bar does not touch the bottom of blade by just a small bit like a Peices of papers thickness and the blade wiggles up and down just a small bit because of the lock bar not fully enguaging what could the problem be ?
 
take it back apart and bend the lockbar in so that it makes positive contact with the bottom of the blade when open. Did you adjust the lockbar at all?

EDITED TO ADD: Dont go crazy with how much you bend it over. Too much and you could get sticky lock issues.
 
Yes I did but that was after it was back together but I might not have adjusted it enough because the problem is still occuring
 
Jccrigger said:
Yes I did but that was after it was back together but I might not have adjusted it enough because the problem is still occuring
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well check 2 things. Make sure your pivot is tight. A loose pivot will let the blade shift and lessen the contact the lockbar has with the blade tang. If you still have the wiggle you talk about with the pivot tightened down you still need to bend the lockbar in some more. Just remember the more you move the bar in the more difficult it will be to unlock the knife after using it. The second thing is that your standoffs are tight. Those dont have nearly as much effect but your lockup will be effected if the handle isnt locked down.
 
My centering is good and it wasn't like that before I took it apart but I'm most certain it has to be the lock bar because everything rose is tight
 
Well I took it apart adjusted the lock bar put it back together and tried the paper trick like 5 times to center the blade that didn't help with the blade centering so had to take it apart once again to find out I had over adjusted the lock bar so I readjusted once more then re assembeled
 
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