Viele blade problem

[newknifeguy]

Hey I have a new viele(awesome knife!!!!!). But the blade when closed is not centered, and actually rubs against the liner lock when opening. Any suggestions for fixing it ??? Thanks, Josh

 

[Kdarmy]

I have seen the same problem, It is a great knife but the one and only downside I have with it is that is has nylon type washers, which may be your problem.
I have looked over many of these and if you look in between the handles at the liner lock side, try looking with the blade open and the liner lock pushed out of the way or just open, either way I have seen many of these brand new, which has a piece of the washer which gets caught and smashed by the liner lock hitting it.
My blade became loose so I took the clip off and adjusted the pivot screw, very lightly mine you...and the washer started to deform and press out of the corner there, I had to take it totally apart and rotate the washer around to fix it.
I never got around to it, but I would like to replace the washers with some bronze ones.

The Viele is a great knife, one of their best in my mind...And posts like this is what we all learn from and what future Spyderco's evolve from.

 

[newknifeguy]

Is it difficult to replace the washer with bronze??