Spyderco Advocate bearing Race A total Failure..

So I bought the Spyderco advocate new from BladeHQ ~ a month ago.. I love the looks and ergonomics of the the knife and thus it has been my daily carry since receiving it.. over the past week or so the knife has gotten progressively more off center and the action has gotten worse.. I tried cleaning the knife and and Nano lube but the action got progressively worse..

Today I decided to disassemble the knife and clean out the inside.. this is what I found.


The washer is literally split in half.. to make matters worse I call customer service to see if maybe they would send me some washers.. they claim "they never send out internal parts and I would have to send in my knife in and likely pay for the repair because the knife has been dissembled.. seriously spyderco..


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Yeah this kind of total failure of the bearing race makes the knife unusable.. then to have customer service tell you that you have to send it in and Likly pay for them to put the same faulty washers in the knife is unacceptable..


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Yeah I would not try lying to them..they would be able to tell right away I took apart the knife 1 because of the scuffs I made trying to break the red loctite and 2 because I don't own red loctite and would reassemble with blue loctite..


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I fiddle with my knives when bored or watching tv so over the past month I would say a thousand or so..


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I wouldn't say the detent had gotten any weaker and I think that's probably related to the strong lockbar tension

Yeah I didn't figure they would send parts but I have herd others on the past say that they called and were sent washers and screws ect so that was worth a shot.. at least that way I would not have to pay for postage and have them fix it..

And yes I took it apart.. i have never owned many spydercos the majority of my collection is Chris reeve and traditional which dissemble not feasible and Chris reeves who actually encourage you to dissemble and clean your knives.. of the three spydercos I've owned the advocate, nirvana, and slysz I have dissembled cleaned and lubed all without incidence.. though spyderco may disagree I believe a company should stand behind their product and fix the knife it if an issue arises free of charge.. now if the problem were related to something I did during the disassembly I can see how I should be responsible for paying for the repairs.. but not secondary to regular maintenance



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From my experience and the little bit of research I have done the bearing races appear to be thinner on the on the advocate than the southard I believe and also it appears that the bearings are also smaller that coupled with the strong lockbar pressure is where your problem arises..


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