Haveing problems with my spyderco tenacious

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I just got a spyderco tenacious on June 26th,2009 and have been tickeled to death ever sense.I've been playin with it non stop since then.I have opened it less than 100 times and now it's super slow and sounds like something is scrapeing on the inside.It occaisionally has a faint squeek to it when opening.I have used to for a sticky situation,I cut a mango with it but fully washed it between the handle scales and behind the blade and let it dry compeltely before it's next use so there can't be anything sticky anywhere inside it.What does this problem sound like? and what should I do?
 
NOT WD40. please. That could be the worst thing you could do for your knife. WD40 is not really a lubricant. its water-based, so it will evaporate and then may cause it to rust.
 
What works good for lubricateing besides WD40? Does 3n1 oil do a good job? will 3n1 oil or wd40 hurt my knife?
 
I use Tuff Glide, though I have heard great stuff about Benchmade's Blue Lube.

Mike
 
rpttrsn said:
I think you might want to read up on WD40 before you make a statement like you have. Maybe you have it mixed up with something else.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40
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WD-40 was designed as an anti icing agent and a cleaner (NASA) NOT as a lubircant, and it WILL evaporate in short order leaving a sticky/gum varnish. Instead use any quality gun oil as they are designed for the close tollerances and engineered not to evaporate or turn to a gum or varnish.
 
I've had good success with Benchmade's Blue Lube. It's got a good viscosity to it which really helps to keep the lube where it needs to be.
 
I've used Tuff Glide, Blue Lube , and Tri-Flow. Tri- Flow is my favorite, but the others work fine also.
 
I had the same prob. Mpro7 gun oil fixed the problem. Any good gun oil will work well. Mpro7, and Remoil are good examples.
 
use REM oil (made for guns, good for knives).

I had the same problem -where the knife became squeeky. I never even cut up anything potentialy harmful. What I did was take it apart and clean it, then oiled it and it sounds fine.

Another weak point of this knife, that I think may contribute to the "squeeky factor" are the cheap washers. They claim phosphor bronze washers -but they are suuperrr cheap and extremely thin and flexible. I think they are the root of the cause.

I would take it apart and clean it then oil it and put it back together.
 
The pivot of a knife requires lubricant. WD40 isn't.

I don't know of one commercial lock maker who recommends it - It's notorious for jamming up cylinder pins in the core. The DOD universally bans it as a weapons lubricant, although new troops try it all the time.

On cars, WD40 can be used to blow out condensation inside a distributor cap. Just because the manufacturer says it can be used on thousands of items doesn't mean the makers of those items recommend it. Professional technicians avoid the stuff.

A good light gun oil is far superior as a knife pivot lube. I've never read a maintenance insert for the knife I bought that suggests WD40 - and I doubt I ever will.
 
wd40 will serve as a lube for a short period of time then it will attract dirt like nothing else and actually cause gumming up. use a thin oil.
 
I prefer a product call Tri-Flow. Its a lubricant with Teflon. Second choice would be Militec-1 if you take the knife apart. Other good products IMO are Break Free, Rem Oil and mineral oil. Everyone has a favorite and I don't beleive you could go wrong with any of the ones I have mentioned either.
 
You need to lube it after rinsing it with water. Tuf-glide, Militec, mineral oil, Rem-oil, Hoppe's, all of these lubes with work. If it continues after lubing, take it apart and clean it.
 
It's just mineral oil with paraffin in it.
It attracts dust and debris when it "gums" up because it's leaving a wax residue.
If you just need something to lubricate without being fancy (Tri-Flow, SuperLube (my fav), Blue Lube etc..)
just use some 3-n-1 oil.

DW-40 contents:
CAS 64742-48-9 Hydrotreated Heavy Naphtha (Petroleum)
CAS 64742-88-7 Hydrotreated Medium Naphtha
CAS 64742-47-8 Hydrotreated Light Petroleum, (Mineral Oil)
CAS 64742-65-0 Solvent-Refined/Dewaxed Heavy Paraffinic Distillate

mike
 
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