Help with Leatherman WAVE!

[bearthedog]

I have an older Wave and the plain blade is so tight it takes sometimes two fingers to get it open but very slow. Is there a tool that can be used to adjust it? Oil isn't working.

-RB

 

[Esav Benyamin]

Has it always been that tight? I've had knives with gunk around the pivot. HOT soapy water would clear that, and the blades would come out properly afterwards.

 

[bearthedog]

Has it always been that tight? I've had knives with gunk around the pivot. HOT soapy water would clear that, and the blades would come out properly afterwards.

I will try and thanks.

-RB

 

[desmobob]

I have an older Wave and the plain blade is so tight it takes sometimes two fingers to get it open but very slow. Is there a tool that can be used to adjust it? Oil isn't working.

-RB

IIRC, the pivots have tamper-resistant TORX fittings. If you have a local small appliance repair shop, they probably have the correct tool to loosen it for you so you can get it cleared/cleaned/lubed and then re-tighten it...


...or, you could buy a set.


Stay sharp,
desmobob

 

[Switchblade61]

I have an older Wave and the plain blade is so tight it takes sometimes two fingers to get it open but very slow. Is there a tool that can be used to adjust it? Oil isn't working.

-RB

It has a 25 year warranty, try to contact the company and take it from there.

 

[shangchi108]

Leatherman has a good warranty, but the best fix I've ever seen for a Leatherman is to replace it with a Victorinox SwissTool.

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

Leatherman has a good warranty, but the best fix I've ever seen for a Leatherman is to replace it with a Victorinox SwissTool.

I agree!

But try running it through a dishwasher, if you have one. might clear it up.

 

[jw2n]

Spray the pivot with carb cleaner. If there is any gunk or dirt in there, this will clean it out. Try swinging the blade thru about 90% of it's arc around a 100 times (takes just a couple of minutes) and this will usually take care of any burrs on the blade/pivot pin/adjoining blade. If none of this works I would follow some of the previous posts.

 

[bearthedog]

Thanks this sounds like good advice for all multi-tools!
-RB

 

[jca21]

Leatherman has a good warranty, but the best fix I've ever seen for a Leatherman is to replace it with a Victorinox SwissTool.

thats the route i took after going through 4 leathermans. a pulse, wave, surge, and another surge (replacement).

i have a swisstool and a swiss tool spirit and the F&F is much better than my Leathermans.

As for cleaning it out, compressed air with warm/hot soapy water. Dawn dish detergent seems to work nicely.

 

[bearthedog]

Sopy water and lots of oil haven't changed a thing. I did notice the more I play with it, the tighter it's getting.
-RB