DF2 pivot screw, please help!

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iMarcoU

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Just received my Dragonfly and I'm really happy with it.

The only thing, the opening was far to tight, and after some use it did not get any smoother. So I tried to loosen the pivot screw a little bit, but the plain back screw is just turning with it. I already looked it up on forums but nothing there was discussed worked..

I live in Europe and have no possibility to send it to Golden..

Please does somebody now how to help me?

Thank you guys
 
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Did you try holding the blind screw with the pad of your thumb or something rubbery like an eraser? I have had good luck with just the pad of my thumb. Also, I am not positive right now but I am not sure if that should be spinning. Maybe someone else will chime in but I think the pivot is D shaped on that and thus shouldn't spin.
 
Try loosen the lock bar pivot 1/4 to 1/2 turn. And a drop of oil each side of the blade pivot. And the lock bar pivot area


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The DF2 does indeed use a D bolt and should NOT be spinning. Was it purchased from a reputable source?
 
If you can screw the pocket clip over the hole, try using a small piece of duct tape folded over itself on the pivot and screw the clip down over that. I've done this on some knives that don't have the D style pivot.
 
Thanks for the advice but de DF2 has a wire clip only tip up carry..


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I had the same problem with my plain black VG-10 dragonfly. I think the issue is that the D-bolt part of the FRN strips out. I ended up putting a slot in the opposite side of the bolt and holding it in place with a flathead screwdriver. I don't have a picture because I tragically misplaced that dragonfly at a picnic :(
 
Yeah, the D-shaped hole in the frn easily strips out if the pivot screw has enough locktite on it. About half of the frn Dflys i have are this way. Some heat on the screw head might break the locktite enough, putting some sideways pressure on the open blade might also bind it enough to undo it. Otherwise cutting a slot in the female side to use a flathead screwdriver would work.
 
Hi Marco, don't worry, this is not uncommon and there is a fix. You just need to put some pressure on the bolt while you are turning it to keep it in place. The most effective way is to push the spine against the bottom of a table or counter top as if you are trying to push it closed. Depending on how tight the screw is, you will need to apply a fair amount of pressure, so be sure to hold it in a way that it will not cut you if the lock were to fail during the process. When you are applying pressure to the spine, and with the torx wrench inserted, give it some quick "twists". Eventually you will get it started. The same trick works when tightening of course. Good luck.

--If the above does not work, you can try the same technique with the blade sideways. The side pressure on the blade more easily isolates the bolt but you need to be a bit more careful with your pressure so as not to bend the blade or damage the pivot area.
 
An old trick from the time before d barrels is to open the blade then torque it to one side and hold that pressure. The pressure the skewed blade puts on the pivot is sometimes enough to hold it still to unscrew the male.
 
kniferbro said:
An old trick from the time before d barrels is to open the blade then torque it to one side and hold that pressure. The pressure the skewed blade puts on the pivot is sometimes enough to hold it still to unscrew the male.
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I want to say it was an older Kershaw blue or chive or something that I had to use this trick on years ago. It does work, but try heating up the bolt with a soldering iron to break the Loctite seal, just be careful that you don't use too high or a setting or iron, I don't know if it will melt the FRN.
 
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