Weak close on Buck 110

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utah_fish

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Hi guys. I have a nice 2 dot that has a solid lockup but a weak close. You have to push the knife all the way into its closed position. Can that be remedied?

Tony
 
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My 2 dot is there right now.
 
Probably, assuming back spring doesn’t have what would be considered a very rare problem, it’s probably gook in pivot. Get water as hot as sink gets and douse and clean with soap. Dru thoroughly and add a drop or two of oil on pivot and work in.
 
When that happened to mine it was a burr on the inside edge of the bolster. Filed it smooth back in business. I blast mine out with aerosol contact cleaner then re oil.
 
utah_fish said:
Being somewhat lazy I added a few drops of oil to the pivot, worked it back and forth and snap is restored to about 75% of new, which is fine for me.

I would also recommend cleaning and oiling the back spring. Lot's of gunk, pocket lent etc. works its way between the spring and brass frame adding friction to the closing action. Open the blade half way and clean with a q-tip or pipe cleaner followed by oil.
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Huh. I never noticed/knew that the 110 blade snaps closed the last 30 or so degrees.
I've always fully closed them manually.
 
Nice knife. :thumbsup:

That would be a great spa candidate. She’d be like new when you got her back.
 
BP_ said:
Nice knife. :thumbsup:

That would be a great spa candidate. She’d be like new when you got her back.
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Yup! She and a few of her kindred are headed that way next week. I paid $30 for her with a nice sheath recently. Talk about great value!
 
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afishhunter said:
Huh. I never noticed/knew that the 110 blade snaps closed the last 30 or so degrees.
I've always fully closed them manually.
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I try to do that too, when I let it snap closed I usually get dings on the blade from the back spacer. Jeff recommends fully depressing the back lock when closing to avoid premature wear on the pivot.
 
This old 110 came to me so gunked up that it wouldn’t open or close without a lot of drag.
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After repeated blasts of brake cleaner, brushing in the channel, and a few drops of 3 in 1, she loosened up.

I went ahead and buffed ‘er up real good and you wouldn’t recognize it.

I wouldn’t ordinarily put so much effort in an old 110, but since it is the old right hand stamped model you don’t see too often, I brought her back.

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Really sweet knife MT. Thanks for posting. The older I get the more I like the old stuff. Just picked up an awesome one-line 119 that I sent off to Makael for a custom sheath.
 
Yep, send it in and they can fix it right up. In the last few years, I've had to send 2 110s in for that, both came back perfect.
 
Pokt, a right side rear pin model. Good. Looking at your photos your 2 line 110 looks to have a nickle silver
frame in one of the pictures. DM
 
There is a spring under that lock bar and it is entirely possible that it is weak. It happens; though not commonly on the 110, I do not think. I would send the knife to Buck and ask them to fix it.
 
DocT said:
There is a spring under that lock bar and it is entirely possible that it is weak. It happens; though not commonly on the 110, I do not think. I would send the knife to Buck and ask them to fix it.
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It's going in next weak for a spa treatment so I will ask them to look at that. Thx!!
 
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