Locktite on the pivot screw?

[marthinus]

Call me weird but if you have a good knife: Sebenza, Spyderco, Benchmade etc. with a good warranty and service department and you cannot adjust it to your satisfaction by the methods recommended by the manufacturer I would try sending it in. Loctite, plumber's tape etc. should be a last resort thing, imo.

Just to clarify on my point, I only use plumbers tape to prevent the pivot screw loosening and maybe falling out. It does not need it, but I am a bit over protective and paranoid I guess.

 

[batosai117]

Just to clarify on my point, I only use plumbers tape to prevent the pivot screw loosening and maybe falling out. It does not need it, but I am a bit over protective and paranoid I guess.

I'm the same way with my knives, I don't want to risk losing parts, and loctite is usually my way of ensuring that. For my sebenza though, I've obviously had to make an exception . I almost put some, but I thought," I better go ask the guys on this one." Good thing I checked in

 

[BlackEnd]

Maybe they say that they "drill it out" and go through a two hour ordeal for 3 screws when they actually heat it up, wipe off the loctite and send it back. Cost you an arm and a leg and it cost them 15 minutes of having a worker look at it .

Would never ever happen. And blasphamy, you'll smoke a turd in hell for that!:barf:

 

[Professor]

I can't understand (though I admit, I am of limited intelligence, especially after a few beers) why anyones' scews would be backing out on a Sebenza. I don't know how the Unum pivot is set up, since I don't have one as of yet, but in the instance of Sebenza's, when you apply enough torque on the Allen wrench such that it flexes everso slightly when tightening your screws, they ain't coming out!

On my first ever Sebenza, I made the mistake of applying blue Loc-Tite to the threads, having owned/carried a sloo of Benchmades, and thinking this was the way to go with all folders. I ended up using a soldering iron, applying heat to the screwheads, and getting them out, but it was still difficult, and I ended up boogering up my screwheads and ti slabs while trying every other method until I got to the soldering iron of addressing the problem.

I'm ALL for modding folders, Seb's included, but applying Teflon tape or Loc-Tite to the threads of the screws goes beyond "fixing what ain't broke," and enters the realm of a big potential pain in the butt!

The last thing I wanted to do was come across like an know-it-all threadhead, but I what I wanted to do was save people some truly unnecessary agony!



Professor.

 

[dalefuller]

I've only had 10 Sebbies so far, but none of them has needed anything on any of the screws to hold them in place.

 

[tsiloics]

As has been stated, there is plenty of friction in the bare threads to keep the Sebenzas' screws tight. No thread locker of any sort is needed, nor is it desirable.

Note that the pivot bushing eliminates the clamping force that would otherwise be developed on the blade at the pivot. That relieves most of the torque that could be transmitted to the pivot bolt from opening and closing the knife.

As has also been stated, if you want to loosen the pivot action, polish the washers. The interior dimension from slab to slab is fixed by the bushing. There is no frictional adjustment at the bolt once it's tight. Removing a TINY amount of material from the washers will loosen the action, as it removes material occupying the aforementioned fixed distance.

...and as has also been stated before, start by disassembling and cleaning the knife. Then reassemble it dry and try the action out. Then lube it and try the action again. That will give you a good subjective baseline. If the lube alone is not enough for you, then lightly (manually) polish the washers. Just a few light rotations on a strop. Baby steps.

 

[frosty_peter]

As was said above, for loose pivots on things like Benchmades, a little bit of plumber's tape wrapped a couple of times around the pivot threads will do the same thing as Loc-Tite without any of the hassles of dealing with breaking the bond if you need to adjust the blade afterwards. Won't void warranties, either.

That's right it just works great! I use it on my SnG and it NEVER loosens. No bladeplay and opens very smooth....even faster sometimes then autos!
On my classic Sebbie I don't need it: it opens perfect!

 

[Scott Dog]

For all sebbies, just say no to locktite!

 

[nifegrinder]

for the record, it wasn't locktite we drilled; it was cyanoacrylate (super glue). we're actually experimenting with locktite in the umnumzaan pivot screw. when in doubt, call the shop.