Recentering Emerson Sheepdog

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I purchased a Emerson Sheepdog a while ago, and really enjoy it.
However, after readjusting the pivot, I found that the blade has now become out of alignment, and favors the non lock bar side. The blade even went so far as to scrape on the liner itself.

I used the method that I found here for adjusting Emerson's; loosen the handle screws, loosen the pivot, open blade, then reverse the process.

That was enough to get the blade off the liner, but it's still off center to the non lockbar side.

Could this have to do with the bearing pivot? Or some other issue?

 

[rayster357]

Did you loosen the pocketclip too? If not, you should as the scale can hold the pivot a little off center on the liner.

 

[skwave]

Did you loosen the pocketclip too? If not, you should as the scale can hold the pivot a little off center on the liner.

I just gave it another adjustment, with that advice. It helped a little bit, after I tighted the pivot a lot more than it was.
It doesn't flip as good as previous, but it's more centered. Not perfect by any means, but better.
Thanks for the tip!

 

[rayster357]

Another thing that could cause the blade to sit offcenter is if the liners aren't actually flat and a little bent/ warped. Lay them on a table or put the edge of a ruler against the liner. You can bend them back to straight.

 

[BOOMER52]

I read this on an Emerson thread somewhere quite awhile ago...

With the blade closed... loosen all the screws and pivot. Then start with the pivot. Screw it down tight. Observe the blade bias. Which way is it skewed? Insert some folded paper between the blade and the liner on the opposite side of the direction the blade is biased. You want the folded paper to push the blade past center. The greater the blade bias... the further past centered you want the paper to push the blade. Now tighten all the remaining hardware. Loosen the pivot and pull the folded paper. Adjust the pivot and check the blade centering. Repeat if necessary using more or less over centering if not perfect the first go around.

I use this method with excellent results on every off center bladed knife I encounter.

 

[skwave]

With the blade closed... loosen all the screws and pivot. Then start with the pivot. Screw it down tight. Observe the blade bias. Which way is it skewed? Insert some folded paper between the blade and the liner on the opposite side of the direction the blade is biased. You want the folded paper to push the blade past center. The greater the blade bias... the further past centered you want the paper to push the blade. Now tighten all the remaining hardware. Loosen the pivot and pull the folded paper. Adjust the pivot and check the blade centering. Repeat if necessary using more or less over centering if not perfect the first go around.

I read the same; and tried it. Absolutely no change happed at all. If anything; it got worse afterwards.

The liner lockbar is not flush with the rest of the liner when closed; when open, it's now around 50 to 60% over when I wave it open.

I think if I try to take it apart, the bearing assembly might just mess up worse though.