Kershaw Lahar not smooth and disassembly question

[FlaMtnBkr]

I got a Lahar a few months ago and really like the knife. However, it is far from being a smooth knife to open. It feels almost gritty trying to open. I have loosened and then tightened the pivot to where blade play just goes away and it didn't help much.

If I push on the flipper with hand still I can get the blade to move enough to where the flipper just disappears in the handle. If I do the same with a hard wrist fling it will open.

Has anyone else experienced this or has your knife been fairly smooth?

I was going to disassemble the knife and try to polish the blade around the pivot but the design seems different than most. It seems there is an internal blade stop pin that actually rides in a slot in the blade. It seems like the whole knife has to be taken apart to get the blade out. However, my T6 torx is goofed up so that wont happen until I get another one. Just wondering if anyone has taken one apart and if they had any problems.

Sorry for the lengthy post but I would really like to smooth this baby out. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Ryan

 

[rebeltf]

I do not have a Lahar yet so I cannot comment on disassembly other than I have had no problems taking any of my Kershaws ( including AO's) apart and putting them back together , just go slow , watch what your doing and work with a white t-shirt under your work area so you can see fallen screws , etc.

That said , I recently took apart my Groove again and tried something different , instead of the usual CLP for lube, I tried tiny dabs of blue lithium grease , man you talk about smooth and lightning fast opening !! A little perss on the flipper and short wrist action and Snap! she's open.
Maybe that'll work for you , however know that it may attract grime and grit more readily , its a trade off.

 

[jill jackson]

If your Lahar is rough to open it's got some sort of problem, because mine is butter smooth to flip. If it was me I'd just return it to Kershaw and I'm sure they will straighten it out. The stop pin from what I can see of it doesn't ride on the blade, but is stationary and the blade just has a groove cut so the liner locks up right when the blade stops against it. (locking the blade between the liner and stop, pretty solid and smooth IMO) I'm sure somebody here knows exactly how the blade stop works and will maybe post it.