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Hi all. I'm hoping someone can help me with a problem. ?
I'm not being lazy. I've spent a couple of evenings trying to find the answer, but to no avail.
I took apart my Buck Haxby folder the other day. It's a flipper, and runs on steel bearings. I've not even had it a month yet from new. The only reason I needed to dismantle it was because the pivot became gritty and crunchy after I used it to open some sand bags at work. There isnt much to the Haxby 259 (components wise). Just one pivot screw, and two barrel spacers in the bottom 3rd of the handle.
The pivot screw came out easy enough with a sharp quick turn of the torx screw to break the thread. All that now held the frame together was the two T6 barrel shaped spacers. I chose to remove the screws on the same side of the handle as the pivot screw. But the screws would only turn very slightly and then just spin the barrel spacers. So I turned the knife over and had a go at the screws on the opposite side. I had to use two T6 drivers to get them out cos the spacers were obviously free spinning. But with the help of the 2nd torx driver to wind them out against, they both wound out very easily and I completely removed them with no problems. That was it. The Buck was now ready to be split apart. The clean up operation was very simple. I just sprayed everything in wd40 (inc the two sets of caged bearings) Then once I'd got rid of the offending bits of grit etc, I washed everything in hot soapy water, dried everything, applied a tiny amount of lube to the detent track. That was it. I decided to leave the bearings dry cos the knife is a new one.
Then the problems started...??
It was even simpler to put the knife back together than it was to dismantle it. The pivot screw wound back in perfectly, and so did the T6 screws in either side of the more central barrel spacer, but the bottom spacer next to the lanyard hole will not tighten back up. The two screws refuse to budge in either direction. They won't screw in any further, and I can't unscrew them either. So now I've a beautiful knife that has an off centre blade and the liners are so slack at the very bottom of the handle, that I can pull them apart. I've done as much research as I can on our forum, and also using google and YouTube etc. I've not tried heating the screws with a soldering iron as some seem to suggest, but I've tried the other trick I found on the forum, and placed the offending end of the handle and spacer etc in a cup of boiling water for 5 mins. I was so confident that it would work cos i already knew that one of the screws came out for the dismantle. I've tried using both torx drivers working against each other to either tighten the spacer screws in tightly, or undo them again. But they just will not budge. The only pliers that will fit in between the liners to grip the spinning spacer are the ones on my Swiss Army Champ. My first attempt made no difference whatsoever. The spacer just continued to spin in the jaws of the SAK. So I cut two small strips from an elastic band and superglued a piece inside each jaw of the SAK... ? Nothing...! The barrel still spins and the two screws refuse to budge no matter how much heavy heavy controlled pressure I use. Both the T6 torx screws are still undamaged, and both T6 torx bits are also in full working condition.
It's really starting to annoy me. I think mostly because I'm a scaffolder and I've being doing up and undoing hundreds of nuts every day for the last 40+ years now! Scaffold fittings seize up if they have been out in the elements for a year or so, or the fittings can get damaged by something. These are just two of the many causes oo a seized scaffold fitting nut and bolt. But not once have I been beaten by a seized 1/2 inch or 7/16 nut. I always manage to get them working again.
So why does a scaffolder with very strong gripping hands and thick leather like skin,.....finally feel like he's met his nemesis in the form of two tiny T6 screws,.....and feels like admitting defeat to a tiny little male and female thread...?
My sincere apologies if I've maybe posted my thread in the wrong section...? This a fantastic forum for sure. But I'm still learning how to use it properly.
I wish all of you a great weekend..
Thankyou
I'm not being lazy. I've spent a couple of evenings trying to find the answer, but to no avail.
I took apart my Buck Haxby folder the other day. It's a flipper, and runs on steel bearings. I've not even had it a month yet from new. The only reason I needed to dismantle it was because the pivot became gritty and crunchy after I used it to open some sand bags at work. There isnt much to the Haxby 259 (components wise). Just one pivot screw, and two barrel spacers in the bottom 3rd of the handle.
The pivot screw came out easy enough with a sharp quick turn of the torx screw to break the thread. All that now held the frame together was the two T6 barrel shaped spacers. I chose to remove the screws on the same side of the handle as the pivot screw. But the screws would only turn very slightly and then just spin the barrel spacers. So I turned the knife over and had a go at the screws on the opposite side. I had to use two T6 drivers to get them out cos the spacers were obviously free spinning. But with the help of the 2nd torx driver to wind them out against, they both wound out very easily and I completely removed them with no problems. That was it. The Buck was now ready to be split apart. The clean up operation was very simple. I just sprayed everything in wd40 (inc the two sets of caged bearings) Then once I'd got rid of the offending bits of grit etc, I washed everything in hot soapy water, dried everything, applied a tiny amount of lube to the detent track. That was it. I decided to leave the bearings dry cos the knife is a new one.
Then the problems started...??
It was even simpler to put the knife back together than it was to dismantle it. The pivot screw wound back in perfectly, and so did the T6 screws in either side of the more central barrel spacer, but the bottom spacer next to the lanyard hole will not tighten back up. The two screws refuse to budge in either direction. They won't screw in any further, and I can't unscrew them either. So now I've a beautiful knife that has an off centre blade and the liners are so slack at the very bottom of the handle, that I can pull them apart. I've done as much research as I can on our forum, and also using google and YouTube etc. I've not tried heating the screws with a soldering iron as some seem to suggest, but I've tried the other trick I found on the forum, and placed the offending end of the handle and spacer etc in a cup of boiling water for 5 mins. I was so confident that it would work cos i already knew that one of the screws came out for the dismantle. I've tried using both torx drivers working against each other to either tighten the spacer screws in tightly, or undo them again. But they just will not budge. The only pliers that will fit in between the liners to grip the spinning spacer are the ones on my Swiss Army Champ. My first attempt made no difference whatsoever. The spacer just continued to spin in the jaws of the SAK. So I cut two small strips from an elastic band and superglued a piece inside each jaw of the SAK... ? Nothing...! The barrel still spins and the two screws refuse to budge no matter how much heavy heavy controlled pressure I use. Both the T6 torx screws are still undamaged, and both T6 torx bits are also in full working condition.
It's really starting to annoy me. I think mostly because I'm a scaffolder and I've being doing up and undoing hundreds of nuts every day for the last 40+ years now! Scaffold fittings seize up if they have been out in the elements for a year or so, or the fittings can get damaged by something. These are just two of the many causes oo a seized scaffold fitting nut and bolt. But not once have I been beaten by a seized 1/2 inch or 7/16 nut. I always manage to get them working again.
So why does a scaffolder with very strong gripping hands and thick leather like skin,.....finally feel like he's met his nemesis in the form of two tiny T6 screws,.....and feels like admitting defeat to a tiny little male and female thread...?
My sincere apologies if I've maybe posted my thread in the wrong section...? This a fantastic forum for sure. But I'm still learning how to use it properly.
I wish all of you a great weekend..
Thankyou
