New ZT/Hinderer Flipper is Coming!!!0560/0561

00ChevyScott · Mar 26, 2012

NightMare Silverado said:
It was a frame screw and I used the correct torx it just wouldn't move at all and gutted the screw. I already sent ZT an email. The first 2 didn't exactly come out easy and were caked in lock tight so that hints to the weld like attachment it had.

Did you get it apart yet? May try taking a soldiering iron to the head of the screw to loosen the loctite. You could also take the other side off and try twisting the standoff to get the screw loose.

NightMare Silverado · Mar 26, 2012

00ChevyScott said:
Did you get it apart yet? May try taking a soldiering iron to the head of the screw to loosen the loctite. You could also take the other side off and try twisting the standoff to get the screw loose.

Couldn't turn the standoff and don't have a soldering iron anymore. I'd have to go buy a screw out bit. Super bummed.

Alphahunter · Mar 26, 2012

^^
Had the same thing happen to a grip screw on one of my 1911's. It's a pain.

NightMare Silverado · Mar 26, 2012

The last time lock tight kicked my ass like this was on my charger oil drain screw. Whatever Dbag tech changed the oil before I bought it dipped the screw in lock tight and I flowered a rachet bit on it. The dealer had to torque a clamp on it and get a pipe for leverage to get it out.

Not comparing ZT to that incident I just don't really like lock tight.

NightMare Silverado · Mar 26, 2012

Alphahunter said:
^^
Had the same thing happen to a grip screw on one of my 1911's. It's a pain.

You have to drill it out and replace it?

I may just ask ZT to send me a new screw if that's an option with them.

djdawg · Mar 26, 2012

With all this talk , I had to see if I could loosen my screws on my 560 ......... not a problem
I have a set of Peter-R CF coming and wanted to make sure I was gonna be able to put them on.........LOL

djdawg · Mar 26, 2012

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Alphahunter · Mar 26, 2012

I went a size bigger torx and forced that sucker out. Then I replaced with new screws.
It was on a new Sig 1911 Tac Ops. It stressed me out.
She's is as good as new.

NightMare Silverado · Mar 26, 2012

Alphahunter said:
I went a size bigger torx and forced that sucker out. Then I replaced with new screws.
It was on a new Sig 1911 Tac Ops. It stressed me out.
She's is as good as new.

Nice combo. I give up for now and will decide on action after ZT reply's.

Alphahunter · Mar 26, 2012

^^
Thx. ZT has awesome customer service. I'm sure they will take good care of you.

djdawg · Mar 26, 2012

Alphahunter said:
^^
Thx. ZT has awesome customer service. I'm sure they will take good care of you.

I can vouch for this myself .......Ive used them twice and its excellent IMHO

23xdm3.8 · Mar 27, 2012

Alphahunter said:
^^
Thx. ZT has awesome customer service. I'm sure they will take good care of you.

We'll see about this. It's my first time sending a knife in to kershaw, heard nothing but good things. I sent my 561 off yesterday. Side to side blade play got worse and tightening the pivot made blade centering even more off, close enough to touch the handle

miyamoto musashi · Mar 27, 2012

NightMare Silverado said:
Seriously blows... Screw on The 560 was so tight it stripped instead of unscrewing. Excitement from the Peter R scale just went down the drain.

I don't know what tools you were using, but this is why it's extremely important to use super-high-quality torx tools. I recommend "Wiha" brand, made in Germany. Never have I used anything with such a solid connection as Wiha.

Sometimes you can jam an allen wrench, or hex key in a stripped torx head, and get it out. Other times you can find the perfect length flat-head that fits two of the torx's points perfectly. If not, you can use a dremel cut-off wheel and "machine" a flat-head into the screw and get it out that way. Heating it usually helps with loc-tite, but be very careful not to mess with your blade's temper. Aside from all that, a screw extractor from the hardware store. Wish you the best of luck. Please let us know how it turns out.

NightMare Silverado · Mar 27, 2012

I will be sending the knife to ZT today after work, they will pull and replace the stripped screw.

Thank you ZT

Maqua · Mar 27, 2012

Now that I've confirmed losing my new Spydie M390 millie on the golf course last Saturday, I really can't wait to get my 561. This blade will stay in my pocket.

FirNaTine · Mar 27, 2012

00ChevyScott · Mar 27, 2012

Which golf course

time to go get a metal detector.

OpKey · Mar 27, 2012

Yes sir. That's some beauty right there. You have some good taste, my friend.

I dislike Sig very much, but everybody can appreciate a 1911. Great combo. By the way, what's in the sheath?

OT, my 0560 still has not left my side since I received it. It's on me when I'm at the house, on the toilet, going to work, and it sleeps on the nightstand right beside my head. One hell of a knife and it has kicked absolutely everything out of my pocket. I paired it up with a BK14 today. Actually had to do some work and the combo worked out great.

Alphahunter said:
I went a size bigger torx and forced that sucker out. Then I replaced with new screws.
It was on a new Sig 1911 Tac Ops. It stressed me out.
She's is as good as new.

NightMare Silverado · Mar 27, 2012

Dropped it off with FedEx.... Stupid para2 in my pocket.

Really tho the 560 kills everything else I have.

00ChevyScott · Mar 27, 2012

NightMare Silverado said:
Dropped it off with FedEx.... Stupid para2 in my pocket.

Really tho the 560 kills everything else I have.

Easy man the Para 2 is an amazing knife. I have lots of great knives, way more expensive than a paramilitary, but I still consider it one of the best knives I have.