Help! I did a stupid loctite thing.

[uilleann]

I have a Shirogorov Hati with a CF side. I have been in the habit of puting a small drop of loctite 243 (blue, medium, removeable) on the main pin screw and any body screws of all of my knives after I reassemble them. Works fine. There is a trick on the Shiros where the pin assembly is free to rotate. So, With blade open you put a little side force on it. That binds the shaft and you can then unscrew the pin.

Here is my problem. The screw that holds the back sides and spacer is also free spining (no stop). One side has the flat head type slot and the other is smooth and flush with the titanium bolster. It just rotates when I turn the screw. I am not sure how to hold something like that from moving that is flush.

I put a heat gun to both sides of the screw but do not want it to get too hot because of the one side being CF. I was able to get the blade out thinking I could spread the Ti and CF sides a bit to get a bind on that pin. Did not work and again I have to be careful of the CF.

I am not sure what to do next? Other ideas were to soak the knife in hot water for a long time? Glue the flush end to something with a glue that is removeable? Clamp the knife down with a piece of rubber against the flush screw?

Anybody have any proven techniques?

 

[Mo2]

do you have a jar opener, its large and rubber. use something like that to grip the free spinning side, so it wont move as much.

not much else i can think of. i hate free spinning pivots and or propitiatory screws.

 

[willc]

I would soak in hot water and find something thin but with a bit of cushion to cover pivot and apply pressure with maybe a domed nail set on that.

Good luck.

 

[uilleann]

OK.... fixed it. I did the jar opener rubber and that did not work. I put some premium double back tape on it. that did not work. I knew the main pin method of binding the pin with pressure on the blade worked. So I put a knife edge between the Ti bolster and the spacer, and tapped on the inserted knife till I had created a binding force on the back pin. Applied more heat. Got it open!!! Scared me a bit. That is one of my favorite knives and its $$$$$ as well. I did not want to mess it up.