Replacing Torsion bar ?

Walkindude

Walkindude

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How hard is it? Apparently I am becoming a Kershaw guy, lol

Guy from wifes work brought a broken 1620h3, and wanted to know if it could be fixed. Guess shes been showing off her Chive again, lol

Of course she told him no problem, I figured I would just call CS and get a replacement Torsion bar for him and replace. How big of a deal is it? I already have a Torx tool so thats no problem!
 
It's really simple. It's just an L shaped bar under the non-clip side handle scale. The ends fit in a slot on the backspacer and a hole in the blade. You may have to unlock and move the blade a little to get everything to seat properly before you tighten everything down. But other than that it's super easy.
 
It's not hard at all. Just call CS and they'll send you the torsion bar. As for replacing it. It will only go in one way. Just take the knife apart in the open are near open position so there isn't any tension on the torsion bar. Start with the screws on the handle then take the pivot screw out. You might want to lay a towel in your lap just to keep from dropping any screws. Soon as you get it open you'll see how simple it is to replace. It's almost like plug and play lol. Hope this helps.

David
 
Sounds good....What I'm going to do is give him the NIB one I have. The gentleman is a war vet and lost a leg in service to our country. He'll have a new one tomorrow !

I'll tell him its compliments of Kershaw. Because I know Thomas and the company would do the same.
 
Back when I first took my BlackOut torsion bar out after it broke I was not sure how to get it in. I don't recall exactly what that looked like but I do recall that it was not the same as some I've seen them using now so there are apparently two types, the ones with the bend or L where they both bend to the same side and the ones where the one in the blade bends the opposite way as the one in the other slot in the handle.

Both go in similarly though, so, you just have to pay close attention to how it sat in there so you are sure to get it back in the same way.

In the early days when I had my first few from other users here that I was working on I found that the old Kershaw catalog picture from their question and answer section of the Assisted opening knives helped. Here is a link to it.

STR

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=79331&d=1190504144
 
Thanks STR ! I'll just keep his old one and learn how to replace the bar. That way I wont have to worry about messing his up, lol

I figure I can do it no problem, but having never done one there's always that bit of worry, lol And save him a shipping wait in the process.

If he's like me I hate being with out my pocket knife for any length of time, aint natural.
 
I just took apart 2 Offsets which have dual bars.... on in each handle. that was a little trickier. Plus there is a stopping pin that comes out and I always pull these things apart with the blade open so the stud lock is always engaging. Once it's engaged, (on the opposite side you're working on, it's impossible to position the blade hole ove the torsion bar. Anyway, it was still fun and understanding how these things are put together is part of the fun and appreciation. ONE WORD OF ADVICE: OPEN THE BLADE BEFORE YOU TAKE IT APART... OTHER WISE YOUR TORSION BAR WILL FLIP OPEN ON YOU IN THE MIDDLE OF TAKING THE HANDLE OFF. THAT CAN MAKE FOR A SURPRISE
 
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