Okay, this is probably my last tidbit on the ZT 0566, since I decided to try doing a quick Youtube video also, using a really cheap camera .....
This is only to help those with a sticky/binding deployment (seems like about half, from what I read), and loosening up the pivot to where it will actually flip open is not the best
answer; OR having to flip it a few thousand times until the mini-washer on the spring side wears and deforms a bit... Of course, to put in a 'real' washer on the assist side means losing the spring, and filling in it's milled cavity for washer support, but please watch the video; it's really butter with better washers and no spring. And you will have a MUCH smoother and stronger pivot area, from the blade to the handle assembly.
Here was the link with all the improvements and photos:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...proved-pivot-amp-more?p=13329899#post13329899
and another link with about 31 pages of various reviews:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1109493-Received-today-ZT-0566
And lastly, the quick video I just made showing the smoothed-out 566 with the dual .500" diameter washers (my first YT video with a cheap camera, so cut me some slack!):
[video=youtube;LPPdySCc0xA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPPdySCc0xA[/video]
peace out
This is only to help those with a sticky/binding deployment (seems like about half, from what I read), and loosening up the pivot to where it will actually flip open is not the best
answer; OR having to flip it a few thousand times until the mini-washer on the spring side wears and deforms a bit... Of course, to put in a 'real' washer on the assist side means losing the spring, and filling in it's milled cavity for washer support, but please watch the video; it's really butter with better washers and no spring. And you will have a MUCH smoother and stronger pivot area, from the blade to the handle assembly.
Here was the link with all the improvements and photos:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...proved-pivot-amp-more?p=13329899#post13329899
and another link with about 31 pages of various reviews:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1109493-Received-today-ZT-0566
And lastly, the quick video I just made showing the smoothed-out 566 with the dual .500" diameter washers (my first YT video with a cheap camera, so cut me some slack!):
[video=youtube;LPPdySCc0xA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPPdySCc0xA[/video]
peace out