91bravo
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I got my teal s30v Endura in today and not really fond of the color of the handles. I picked up some red trainer scales and I'm going to put these on instead. I figured I would do a write up with pictures, on how I easily and successfully disassemble/assemble one. This process works exactly the same for the Delica as well.
I like to keep the knife upside down for this process. Remove all screws from this side of the knife.
Remove scale
Depress the lockbar, push out the pivot from the top, and pull the blade/washers straight out.
Once the blade is out, continue to disassemble the knife. I like to keep all screws with matching barrels, in their appropriate locations, hence laid out the way it is.
Doner scales and hardware.
Assemble everything as shown in the pic below.
A drop of Tuf Glide
Reinstall the backspacer spring and put a drop of Tuf glide on the washer.
Now reinstall the liner and scale. Loosely install the pivot and body screws. Here's where I lok tite the pivot screw and adjust blade tension. Check for blade centering and tighten the body screws. I forgot to take a picture of this step.
The knife is now assembled, centered and blade tension adjusted, just with no lock bar. Keep knife open, line up lockbar and push the barrel through until it touches lockbar.
With blade open, using both thumbs, push the lockbar in. At the same time, prop the barrel on something at the bottom that will push it up, once you line up the holes of the scale and lockbar. Looking down the hole and pressing down on the lockbar, will help line up the holes easier as well.
Once the holes are lined up, the barrel will just pop right in!
Lok tite the lockbar screw in and voila! You're done!
I hope this will help future Endura/Delica owners down the road, who want to tinker with their knives. Remember, the lockbar is the last thing installed, when you're assembling an Endura/Delica!
I like to keep the knife upside down for this process. Remove all screws from this side of the knife.
Remove scale
Depress the lockbar, push out the pivot from the top, and pull the blade/washers straight out.
Once the blade is out, continue to disassemble the knife. I like to keep all screws with matching barrels, in their appropriate locations, hence laid out the way it is.
Doner scales and hardware.
Assemble everything as shown in the pic below.
A drop of Tuf Glide
Reinstall the backspacer spring and put a drop of Tuf glide on the washer.
Now reinstall the liner and scale. Loosely install the pivot and body screws. Here's where I lok tite the pivot screw and adjust blade tension. Check for blade centering and tighten the body screws. I forgot to take a picture of this step.
The knife is now assembled, centered and blade tension adjusted, just with no lock bar. Keep knife open, line up lockbar and push the barrel through until it touches lockbar.
With blade open, using both thumbs, push the lockbar in. At the same time, prop the barrel on something at the bottom that will push it up, once you line up the holes of the scale and lockbar. Looking down the hole and pressing down on the lockbar, will help line up the holes easier as well.
Once the holes are lined up, the barrel will just pop right in!
Lok tite the lockbar screw in and voila! You're done!
I hope this will help future Endura/Delica owners down the road, who want to tinker with their knives. Remember, the lockbar is the last thing installed, when you're assembling an Endura/Delica!
