Tightening detent

[RugerNurse]

I recently picked up a Para 3 lightweight and the detent to open is very easy to open. Has some slight up and down blade play when closed. Makes it easy to flick open but I’m paranoid it will open in my pocket. Is there a way to tighten the detent? Just a little bit.

 

[scdub]

I’m not familiar with the compression lock, but I believe the principle is the same as for a frame-lock/liner lock.

Essentially you have to disassemble the knife to the point where you can “over-bend” the lock-bar (where the “ball” of the ball-detent resides).

This will make the lock bar spring “tighter” so that it will engage the detent (and the lockface itself) more firmly.

Be aware that you can easily overdo this and cause permanent damage to your knife, so do more research and/or seek some help if you aren’t particularly handy.

Good luck.

 

[RugerNurse]

I’m not familiar with the compression lock, but I believe the principle is the same as for a frame-lock/liner lock.

Essentially you have to disassemble the knife to the point where you can “over-bend” the lock-bar (where the “ball” of the ball-detent resides).

This will make the lock bar spring “tighter” so that it will engage the detent (and the lockface itself) more firmly.

Be aware that you can easily overdo this and cause permanent damage to your knife, so do more research and/or seek some help if you aren’t particularly handy.

Good luck.

Dang. I don’t know if I want to take the knife apart. Don’t know if I trust myself with that yet

 

[JeremiahWeaver09]

sell it and buy a backlock spyderco or cold steel instead, i prefer backlocks because of the stronger detent and sharp snap when they open and i trust them more than liner/compression/framelocks. how about a wharncliffe delica or cold steel raja 3 instead.

 

[kreole]

If you can tighten the pivot at all, that can make the blade harder to open (by sacrificing how easy it comes out/adding more drag at the pivot). That's the only way I can think of to change opening strength without disassembly.

 

[killgar]

It's a Spyderco, contact them. If there's a threat of the knife opening accidentally in your pocket they might fix or replace it under warranty.

I've never had a need to use Spyderco's customer service but I've only heard good things about it.