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How to take apart Flash 1?
- Thread starter rtz
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- Mar 19, 2010
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I got it apart; thanks.
The fitting just looks like a round circle and isn't apparent or obvious at all that it is a Torx.
Should the Teflon washers be installed dry or with a film of oil?
It opens fine, but when closing it has an unsmooth notchy feeling that it used to not have.
I'd like to get a more satisfying, more powerful spring for it. Seen any cheap anywhere? Hate to get a ten cent spring and have to pay $7 to ship it.
I was relieved to not find a metal security tag in the handle...
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Word of advice to anyone who takes one of these Flash knifes apart:
The safety lever has a spring loaded ball detent with the tiniest bearing you've ever seen. I took mine apart, heard something bouncing on the table; wondered what it was. Figured it out... Then managed to make the spring disappear too(tiny also). So now mine has no safety bar. That's alright though because I never used it anyways and there were a couple of times when it got turned on and when I went to open the knife, could not. Could have been a bad situation if I really needed to deploy the blade and in a hurry.
The fitting just looks like a round circle and isn't apparent or obvious at all that it is a Torx.
Should the Teflon washers be installed dry or with a film of oil?
It opens fine, but when closing it has an unsmooth notchy feeling that it used to not have.
I'd like to get a more satisfying, more powerful spring for it. Seen any cheap anywhere? Hate to get a ten cent spring and have to pay $7 to ship it.
I was relieved to not find a metal security tag in the handle...
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Word of advice to anyone who takes one of these Flash knifes apart:
The safety lever has a spring loaded ball detent with the tiniest bearing you've ever seen. I took mine apart, heard something bouncing on the table; wondered what it was. Figured it out... Then managed to make the spring disappear too(tiny also). So now mine has no safety bar. That's alright though because I never used it anyways and there were a couple of times when it got turned on and when I went to open the knife, could not. Could have been a bad situation if I really needed to deploy the blade and in a hurry.
That ball bearing on the lock bar sure is small. I found mine when I took it apart but put a BB in the opening for the lock. The Flash II was getting locked all the time and I didn't see a need for it.
Also, if you take apart the knife make sure its open. This will relieve some of the energy the spring is storing.
Also, if you take apart the knife make sure its open. This will relieve some of the energy the spring is storing.