I just screwed up my manix 2 pro helps needed

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chasini

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Hi folks, I'm very new to the forums. Long story short and let's get straight to the point. I bought a manix 2 couple years ago carried couple months and then it's become a safe queen since then. Decided to take it out for cleaning yesterday, I disassembled it very smoothly, clean and oil it up, then the sad thing happened, I broke the plastic part when I reassemble that thing. (see pics below) I can't find any store selling their parts, and send it back to syderco is the only way seems to be. So my questions are how's the syderco custom service, and do I have to pay them in order to repair, is there other ways fix it instead? Let me know folks thanks!

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And......THIS is what happens.....Nevermind.

Hope you find a solution to your problem. Spyderco CS is awesome. Good luck.
 
Contact spyderco customer service and be honest about what happened. They'll have you send it in and will charge a very reasonable fee to replace the piece and reassemble.
In the future, you can clean this model thoroughly by doing one side at a time. No need to completely disassemble.
 
SMH for two reasons. Firstly, it sucks breaking a knife. I'm sure Spyderco will take care of you. Secondly, why is a knife maker using plastic parts in the inner workings of their knives? Other than to save money.

I'm not trying to rattle any cages here but I feel I need to do this. SpyderCo. I hope you aren't still using plastic parts on the inner workings of you knives. Because although I admit to disliking The style of your knives and I have never bought one. All of the agulation you guys receive around from proud Spyder owners has always left me wondering. What am I missing? Are you still worth looking at? Should I keep paying attention, till I see a style I do like?

Then I see a post like this and my interest is totally blown. Because plastic is used instead of any number of metals available. I read this knife is several years old & you may have changed you practices. (and if it has I will edit or accept the move to the D.A.T.) If so, kudos and I'll keep watching. If not, have a nice day...
 
i've emailed spyderco in the past about lost parts and they were happy to mail me replacements for free! each case is different of course. and they took a few weeks but im not mad about it (some people might be.)

in the envelope with the replacement parts they sent me a letter reminding my that my warranty was void, which is reasonable because that is the expectation they set before i purchased the knife. in the end my knife works perfectly.

long story short be prepared to wait a while for a response, but they will make sure your knife works in the end.
 
This is fixable on your own. Get a needle for inflating footballs and basketballs. Trim it to size with a dremel. Drill out a seat for the pin in the lug. Use super glue to affix the pin in the lug. It will be much more stable now, suffering more lateral shearing force and not break while you're reassembling it.

The trick is getting the pin the correct length so that the lock will close and open properly.
 
The newer knives have a black cage for the captive bearing. The translucent cage is from older models from what I know. I've used the Manix2 for years with no problem. Never disassembled it to clean it either, just wash it in warm soapy water with keyboard duster to remove the excess water followed by a blast from the air compressor and a couple drops of oil at the pivot. Contact Spyderco.

samclaymore said:
SMH for two reasons. Firstly, it sucks breaking a knife. I'm sure Spyderco will take care of you. Secondly, why is a knife maker using plastic parts in the inner workings of their knives? Other than to save money.

I'm not trying to rattle any cages here but I feel I need to do this. SpyderCo. I hope you aren't still using plastic parts on the inner workings of you knives. Because although I admit to disliking The style of your knives and I have never bought one. All of the agulation you guys receive around from proud Spyder owners has always left me wondering. What am I missing? Are you still worth looking at? Should I keep paying attention, till I see a style I do like?

Then I see a post like this and my interest is totally blown. Because plastic is used instead of any number of metals available. I read this knife is several years old & you may have changed you practices. (and if it has I will edit or accept the move to the D.A.T.) If so, kudos and I'll keep watching. If not, have a nice day...
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Anytime someone starts a sentence with "I really don't want to do this" actually means the opposite. Very condescending post, not sure what the goal is, but I can imagine. If you don't like the products the company produces now, you probably never will. Also, it's adulation.
 
samclaymore said:
SMH for two reasons. Firstly, it sucks breaking a knife. I'm sure Spyderco will take care of you. Secondly, why is a knife maker using plastic parts in the inner workings of their knives? Other than to save money.

I'm not trying to rattle any cages here but I feel I need to do this. SpyderCo. I hope you aren't still using plastic parts on the inner workings of you knives. Because although I admit to disliking The style of your knives and I have never bought one. All of the agulation you guys receive around from proud Spyder owners has always left me wondering. What am I missing? Are you still worth looking at? Should I keep paying attention, till I see a style I do like?

Then I see a post like this and my interest is totally blown. Because plastic is used instead of any number of metals available. I read this knife is several years old & you may have changed you practices. (and if it has I will edit or accept the move to the D.A.T.) If so, kudos and I'll keep watching. If not, have a nice day...
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I highlighted the parts of your post that caught my attention. You may or may not be right about the material of the lock mechanism. There may indeed be a better material they could use and there is nothing wrong with offering your opinion about that. Said opinion would carry much more weight if you had actually owned and used the product being discussed rather than just seen pictures of it. I have owned a couple of the knives and used them hard and never had any issues. I also spend a lot of time on the forums and can't recall seeing ANY cases of the material failing except from human error when someone disassembled/assembled their knife.

One of the many cool things about Spyderco though is that they listen very closely to their customer base. They constantly improve and adapt their designs based on the feedback of their users. Hell, many changes (and even new models) have come about as a direct result of the feedback of the people on this forum. So welcome to the Spyderco forum and feel free to share your feedback and opinions here. Feedback on a couple of knives that you actually own would be even more useful. And who knows, you might even answer your own question in the process. You would be far from the first who didn't really "get it" until they carried and used the actual knives. :)
 
I'm personally not a fan of many, if any, Spydercos but they are great knives and have fantastic customer support. Just contact them and they will fix your knife right up.
 
Welcome to the forum!

I have a couple of old 154CM Manix 2's, and a Cruwear. Have used the PE 154CM for probably a good 7-8 years, and no broken plastic with any of mine. Shouldn't be any side load on those pieces under normal and even hard use.

Check this out, here's a link to a possible self fix:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1341376-7-fix-for-a-broken-Manix-2-bearing-cage!


Or, like mentioned, contact Spyderco CS.


Oh, and just a heads up, Spyderco does not and will not sell the individual parts. You have to send the knife to them so they can ensure things are done properly.
 
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Okay, I've gotta say it again. You don't have to disassemble a knife to clean and lubricate it. Especially modern folding knives. Traditional non-stainless multi-blade slipjoints cannot even be owner disassembled and yet they keep working for decades with only soap, water and an occasional squirt of oil on the pivots. I know most knives today are put together with screws instead of pins so it's tempting. I know some people think disassembly is necessary for cleaning. I know some people just like to take stuff apart. But it's not necessary or, indeed, even recommended.
 
Lee48 said:
Okay, I've gotta say it again. You don't have to disassemble a knife to clean and lubricate it. Especially modern folding knives. Traditional non-stainless multi-blade slipjoints cannot even be owner disassembled and yet they keep working for decades with only soap, water and an occasional squirt of oil on the pivots. I know most knives today are put together with screws instead of pins so it's tempting. I know some people think disassembly is necessary for cleaning. I know some people just like to take stuff apart. But it's not necessary or, indeed, even recommended.
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While you definitely have a point, I work with concrete. I have to tear down my knives every couple months because of concrete dust/chips making the pivots so gritty.
 
footballplayerchris said:
While you definitely have a point, I work with concrete. I have to tear down my knives every couple months because of concrete dust/chips making the pivots so gritty.
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I have a similar issue with fish blood, guts and scales but disassembly is not required. Loosen the pivot, flush with soap and water, retighten. That's all it takes for me. I would take them apart if I needed to but it is just an unnecessary hassle.
 
Surfingringo said:
I have a similar issue with fish blood, guts and scales but disassembly is not required. Loosen the pivot, flush with soap and water, retighten. That's all it takes for me. I would take them apart if I needed to but it is just an unnecessary hassle.
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Hmmm, I didn't think about loosening the pivot. I will have to try that; thanks for the tip!
 
Thank yall for the info. Anyone interested in buying my "broken" manxi2? I'll let it go for $25.00 shipped, otherwise I will be sending back to syderco.
 
footballplayerchris said:
While you definitely have a point, I work with concrete. I have to tear down my knives every couple months because of concrete dust/chips making the pivots so gritty.
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2 words:
Fixed Blade. ;)
I never used my knife when I worked with concrete. I would use a trowel to cut the 45lb bags. I couldn't afford to get my knife dull to the point where I'd have to spend over an hour fixing the damaged edge on site in order to do other work.
 
RevDevil said:
2 words:
Fixed Blade. ;)
I never used my knife when I worked with concrete. I would use a trowel to cut the 45lb bags. I couldn't afford to get my knife dull to the point where I'd have to spend over an hour fixing the damaged edge on site in order to do other work.
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The knife was only used to cut the plastic wrap that they wrapped around the pallets of 80lb bags. Concrete dust just gets everywhere.
 
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