ZT-0550 and 0562cf

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bfwhite

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Hi guys,
Just a quick note to say I bought a 0550bw for my son's Xmas present. It is a great knife. Of course I took it apart to do a little work on the detent and relub it with miltek. Deploys nicely now. I just ordered a 0562cf rom the hollw grind, 4 still in stock. I wanted a filpper for edc. This will be my first flipper.

Brent
 
Well there you go, the 562cf is a sweet knife and no doubt you'll be satisfied with it. I enjoy mine, it's the best bang for the buck that I've experienced in a while.
 
I recently got my 0562cf as well. Love it. The detent is too tight in my opinion. I have never adjusted one of these puppies before. I'm assuming I just "loosen" the main screws on either side? Any help would be appreciated.
 
alphatiger said:
I recently got my 0562cf as well. Love it. The detent is too tight in my opinion. I have never adjusted one of these puppies before. I'm assuming I just "loosen" the main screws on either side? Any help would be appreciated.
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First off, how are you holding the knife when opening? You'd be surprised to know a lot of people complain they can't open their knife, when in fact they are putting a lot of pressure on the lockbar themselves.
 
As with most new knives, there is a break in period. The detent ball will wear a groove/mark in the blade and loosen up without having to make any adjustments. And like grownstar stated, be mindful when opening the blade where your fingers are located. It took me a while to learn this.
 
Congrats! I own a gen 1.5 0550 and a g-10 0562. Of all my knives, they are my two favorites. Both fantastic knives.
Enjoy!
 
bfwhite said:
Hi guys,
Just a quick note to say I bought a 0550bw for my son's Xmas present. It is a great knife. Of course I took it apart to do a little work on the detent and relub it with miltek. Deploys nicely now. I just ordered a 0562cf rom the hollw grind, 4 still in stock. I wanted a filpper for edc. This will be my first flipper.

Brent
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You want to adopt a few more sons? If you are giving 550s as Christmas presents I bet a number of young men on this forum would leave home!
 
I have three boys and a girl now and I think that is enough. Not to mention three grand children.
 
Got my 14 year old a ZT 0350tsst for Christmas...he is going to grin ear to ear when he opens it....
 
alphatiger said:
I recently got my 0562cf as well. Love it. The detent is too tight in my opinion. I have never adjusted one of these puppies before. I'm assuming I just "loosen" the main screws on either side? Any help would be appreciated.
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The main screw is called the pivot screw...one side is male the other is female, so you won't be adjusting both...

The side opisite of the lock bar, also know as the presentation side is the male...hope this helps
 
Thanks vinnier6. Now I just have to see if I have a small enough T driver in the work room. The Zero Tolerance key-chain driver set gets bad reviews...I don't want to take a chance at stripping anything...I know there is a break in period but I think it just needs a tiny bit more looseness.
 
Get a torx set at lowes...I have the blue handle tool where the small driver bits fit in the handle...works well
 
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