Question about the Benchmade Warrenty Service

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Ok I just got my Grip back from warrenty and notice some black stuff around the pivot and all the other screws and I was wondering if Benchmade locktites the knives after they finished fixing them and if so can you unscrew the pivot(meaning is it the locktite you can unscrew yourself and not the permanet kind)? It is a problem because the knife got sent back with blade play you can feel it if you hold the knife at the tip and I would like to be able to ajust the pivot if it gets worse.

So can someone please help me if they know?

Thanks PittRules
 
I've been able to tighten and loosen the pivot on all of my benchmades.

IIRC my mini-grip has the blue locktite on the pivot screw (the non-permanent kind)
 
I've always been able to tighten them. It takes very little movement.
 
I have had problems with (almost) all my BM knives. I use teflon tape on (almost) all my pivot screws to avoid bladeplay. Of course you´ll have to find that sweet spot for minimum play and maximum ease of opening. And it´s not easy to find it!
The BM knifes I have had no problems with is my 710 D2 and my Mini Grip 556, all the others (9) have teflon tape!
 
Slowstarter said:
I have had problems with (almost) all my BM knives. I use teflon tape on (almost) all my pivot screws to avoid bladeplay. Of course you´ll have to find that sweet spot for minimum play and maximum ease of opening. And it´s not easy to find it!
The BM knifes I have had no problems with is my 710 D2 and my Mini Grip 556, all the others (9) have teflon tape!
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Ya I sent my knife in for warrenty repair and they put some black stuff on the pivot and I cant move my screw to get the sweet spot.
 
Screws will loosen with use and Benchmade is not at fault if a screw backs out some. They will sometimes use lock tight but not always and they never use the permanent kind. If you can't get it loose then heat will break the bond. A soldering iron works perfect, just hold it to the head of the screw for about 10 seconds. You can also get creative and stick a nail on the stove and use a pair of pliers to do the same thing.

Finding the sweet spot can be a little tricky with any knife. I will adjust the pivot and then grab the blade and wiggle it back and forth horizontally to help seat everything and then check for play. Repeat until you get it where there is no play yet still easy to open. Sometimes all it takes is a couple degree turn of the screw. I also don't care about a little blade play. If you grab the tip of the blade and yank on it and are able to feel some play, more than likely you will never feel that little bit of play while using the knife.

Also, more than likely anything black you see is just oil or grease that is a little dirty.
 
FlaMtnBkr said:
Screws will loosen with use and Benchmade is not at fault if a screw backs out some. They will sometimes use lock tight but not always and they never use the permanent kind. If you can't get it loose then heat will break the bond. A soldering iron works perfect, just hold it to the head of the screw for about 10 seconds. You can also get creative and stick a nail on the stove and use a pair of pliers to do the same thing.

Finding the sweet spot can be a little tricky with any knife. I will adjust the pivot and then grab the blade and wiggle it back and forth horizontally to help seat everything and then check for play. Repeat until you get it where there is no play yet still easy to open. Sometimes all it takes is a couple degree turn of the screw. I also don't care about a little blade play. If you grab the tip of the blade and yank on it and are able to feel some play, more than likely you will never feel that little bit of play while using the knife.

Also, more than likely anything black you see is just oil or grease that is a little dirty.
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Thanks for your help.
 
When Benchmade (or any other knife company) does use locktite, it is the blue kind which is easily removable. I've only had 1 or 2 knives where the locktight was so strong as to make both ends of the pivot spin instead of just the screw, however Benchmades have an ingenious flat spot on the female part of the pivot so that it won't spin. Try the soldering iron trick if you have one, or many people here (I've never tried it) will dip the pivot in near boiling water if the soldering iron doesn't work. Apparently the water isn't hot enough to mess up the heat treat of the blade yet will quickly liquify the locktite. Perhaps others will add to this.
 
nevermind35 said:
When Benchmade (or any other knife company) does use locktite, it is the blue kind which is easily removable. I've only had 1 or 2 knives where the locktight was so strong as to make both ends of the pivot spin instead of just the screw, however Benchmades have an ingenious flat spot on the female part of the pivot so that it won't spin. Try the soldering iron trick if you have one, or many people here (I've never tried it) will dip the pivot in near boiling water if the soldering iron doesn't work. Apparently the water isn't hot enough to mess up the heat treat of the blade yet will quickly liquify the locktite. Perhaps others will add to this.
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I remember seeing the other side move when I tried to unscrew it. I also saw black stuff around the pivot so maybe it was a black locktite? But I don't know.
 
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