What if the washer sticks to the scale?

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red mag

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Disassembled my large micarta inlay Sebenza.
The larger washer sticks to the scale.
I tried some oil and hot water - still sticks there.
Any idea's?

Thanks in advance.
red mag
 
Like it's stuck? Carefully pull it off. Or slide it over so you can grab it. Or hook a hole with a toothpick.
 
You can probably just leave it there. It won't rotate against the scale. Whatever you do, DO NOT BEND IT. CRK is unlikely to mail you washers; they will probably require you to send the knife in if you bend the washer and want it replaced.
 
If it's a 25, it might be that I little loctite got under the washer. I'd run the whole works under hot water, and the slight expansion of the metal should break it free.
 
Hot water and a thin razor blade, like the ones used for the small hand window scrapers. One side is the razor, the other side is capped to fit the scraper. You should be able to get between the washer and slab with doing any damage.
 
Thanks for your support.
The larger washer was stuck. I tried a gun oil, let it soak for a minute, it didn't do anything.
I flushed it with hot water (I could still hold the scale) - did not do anything.
Then i put the whole thing back together and it worked fine.
Beeing a knifenut it bothered me - so I took it apart again.
This time I used WD-40 in sufficient quantities and let it soak about 1 hour (at least it felt like 1 hour).
With the help of a wooden chop-stick removing the washer was easy.
The scale had the same color as the washer, where to washer was stuck (actually a little darker).
Then i polished the parts and built it together again (including CRK grease).
Works perfect.
Sorry, no before pictures.
Here are the interiors.
 
Might not want to polish the washers. It's not recommended by CRK.
 
brownshoe said:
Might not want to polish the washers. It's not recommended by CRK.
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Someone here likened it to removing years of break-in wear off the washers. The result being the knife will loosen up prematurely, much quicker than intended by CRK.

As tempting as it is to do, I would not do it to any of my CRK's. I rather enjoy the experience of my CRK's aging/wearing as intended by Chris.
 
socom1970 said:
Someone here likened it to removing years of break-in wear off the washers. The result being the knife will loosen up prematurely, much quicker than intended by CRK.

As tempting as it is to do, I would not do it to any of my CRK's. I rather enjoy the experience of my CRK's aging/wearing as intended by Chris.
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Not trying to give you a hard time, red mag, but that's my experience as well. I did it VERY carefully to my insingo, and while it did improve the feel and action, over time, I could feel the play that had been introduced.
 
Thanks for your thoughts.
I might add, that i just use a little bit of Flitz on a tissue to get the washers back to the color you see in the picture.
They where darkened; I regret not taking a picture of the state before cleaning.
As you can see the knife in question is 10 years old, and i did this before.
So far no problems.

red mag
 
It is really nice to be able to disassemble the CRK and not void the warranty like on some other brands. I really like being able to maintain the CRKs.
 
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