Leek pivot just spins when I try to take it apart

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A_Blade_Afficionado

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Any advice on how to get the back side to stop spinning? As I try to turn the pivot it just spins on both sides rather than actually loosening. I'm sure some of you know exactly what I'm talking about.
 
Take off the clip, put a piece of thick rubber band over the pivot, put the clip back on. Now, give it another try ;)
 
um... why are you taking it apart?
IF it ain't broke, don't try to fix it by taking it apart.
 
On those I usually have to open the blade and lock it securely, then place the blade in a wooden vise on my work table ( you can use a regular vise with shields to cover the teeth so it does not mar the blade. ) then once clamped I lean into the body of the folder putting lateral pressure (sideways) to bind the pivot barrel. Then as I hold it there in a good tight bind I turn the screw in the barrel. Sometimes in extreme situations you may have to heat the head of the screw with a soldering iron or wood burner tool with a nice hot tip just to break the seal of any loctite used in the barrel to secure the screw. If you place the tip of that hot tool in the place where you stick the driver to turn the screw and just hold it there for a minute of so it should be good enough to heat it up nice and then do as I said and see if it doesn't give and let you spin it out.

Obviously you don't want to lean in to the body enough to bend or break the blade. Doubtful but I don't know how muscle bound you may be. If the table starts moving you are leaning a bit much and its never taken quite that much to get one free for me.

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Get a dish towel. Fold it several times and place on the edge of a counter or table. Open the knife.Press the blade down into the towel and apply some pressure. While holding the knife down, turn the pivot screw.

Doing this will create enough of a bind on the pivot so it will not spin. This is the easy way, and you don't have to worry about stripping clip screws. It always works.
 
Because the knife has been used by a friend of mine for 3 years wihout being cleaned once, it is need of a cleaning. It's utterly disgusting and refuses to open without a wrist flick because it's so gummed up wih pocket garbage from the past few years.

The rubber band didn't work.
 
A_Blade_Afficionado said:
Because the knife has been used by a friend of mine for 3 years wihout being cleaned once, it is need of a cleaning. It's utterly disgusting and refuses to open without a wrist flick because it's so gummed up wih pocket garbage from the past few years.

The rubber band didn't work.
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I usually use the rubber band trick but if that isn't working then what SPXTrader suggested sounds like it ought to do the trick--wish I had thought of it myself! :)
 
for future reference i used a little piece of folded paper towel under the pocket clip and it worked. the ruberband does sound like it would be better though.
 
SPXTrader said:
Get a dish towel. Fold it several times and place on the edge of a counter or table. Open the knife.Press the blade down into the towel and apply some pressure. While holding the knife down, turn the pivot screw.

Doing this will create enough of a bind on the pivot so it will not spin. This is the easy way, and you don't have to worry about stripping clip screws. It always works.
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This works 99% of the time.

One time I had a pivot so bad, it broke both of my T-8 sets... someone must've really had a bad day and vented on the pivot... I had to cut a slot into that one.
 
knivesandguns said:
This works 99% of the time.

One time I had a pivot so bad, it broke both of my T-8 sets... someone must've really had a bad day and vented on the pivot... I had to cut a slot into that one.
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It works for me all the time. You must have a cheap set of torx! :p :D
 
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