Pivot Screw Too Tight?

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jiggyfly16

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Hey guys, I just took apart my sebenza for the first time to do some maintenance and when I tried to take out the pivot pin, it was so tight that I had to put the allen wrench in and lightly tap it out with a hammer to get the pin out. Which i thought was normal since my sebbie was a virgin. But when I put the pivot pin back on, it was really tight to get in the hole. So I took apart the knife again to check and put the pivot pin into the bushing without the knife to see the problem and the female part of the pivot pin barely fits the bushing.....it's so tight that I had to lightly hammer the pin into the handle enough so that the male part of the screw can grab onto the female part and pull the rest in. Is this Normal?:confused:


p.s. How I tapped the screw out was: I put the slab on the edge of the table with just the pivot part hanging out and I put the allen wrench into the pin hole and tapped away with hammer. Could this have bent the titanium slab in any way?:eek: Just wondering:)


Edit: the knife seems to function normally but could i have done damage to it that I can't see? If I sand the inside of the bushing could it destroy the tight tolerances of the knife?
 
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Don't sand anything!

All parts of the Sebenza should fit together very tight, but shouldn't require any force to fit.
I'd consider sending it in to CRK.
 
I got a small regular ealrier this year with a B07 stamp and the pin had to be tapped out adn tappend back in, I have since cleaned it a few times since and no issues and I can now just use slight hand pressure to disassemble it. give it time it will break in.

Unless you used a sledge hammer I highly doubt you were able to impart enough force to bend or damage the Ti slab.
 
spidyman said:
I got a small regular ealrier this year with a B07 stamp and the pin had to be tapped out adn tappend back in, I have since cleaned it a few times since and no issues and I can now just use slight hand pressure to disassemble it. give it time it will break in.

Unless you used a sledge hammer I highly doubt you were able to impart enough force to bend or damage the Ti slab.
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Thanks for the help Spidyman.....now i can sleep at night:thumbup::yawn::p
 
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