My magic fingers....Very weird Lil'T repair...

[psimonl]

I am wondering if this happened to anyone else....

I was inspecting my Lil,T for blade play when I noticed it wes woobling a lot. Usualy, a 1/4 turn with a torx screwdriver and that is.

But not being home, I just tried with my thumb. And that is where the weir thing happened:

I was squezzing both sides of the pivot pin and all of a sudden, I heard a little click, the two sides felt like "entering" in one another for about half a milimeter and bam, it fixed the blade play. I wonder if I didn't broke a screw thread or something....

Do I have magic fingers?

What do you think?

Simon

[uhiforgot]

I am wondering if this happened to anyone else....

I was inspecting my Lil,T for blade play when I noticed it wes woobling a lot. Usualy, a 1/4 turn with a torx screwdriver and that is.

But not being home, I just tried with my thumb. And that is where the weir thing happened:

I was squezzing both sides of the pivot pin and all of a sudden, I heard a little click, the two sides felt like "entering" in one another for about half a milimeter and bam, it fixed the blade play. I wonder if I didn't broke a screw thread or something....

Do I have magic fingers?

What do you think?

SimonHerein lies an interesting dilemma (besides which Hawaiian shirt to post next ;) ). It sounds as though the little snap may have been threads popping past each other.

On the one hand, there's taking the knife apart and seeing if all of the threads are in good condition. It may have been overtightened at some point and put a lot of stress on the threads.

On the other hand, there's the thought of voiding the warranty by disassembly, but maybe you can still buy spare pivot screws. Don't know about that.

Whatever you do, just be careful!

-Jeff

[huugh]

Maybe dirt or pocket lint was in it and you were lucky to remove it this way :)

[cobrajoe]

It could be the way the heads on the pivot grab the G10. Once I fell straight on my dodo when it was in my pocket, and it suddenly had a lot of blade play. I figured out that I pushed the head of the pivot screw a little deeper into the G10, and a little finangaling and twisting got it back to the right blade play: none.

[zenheretic]

Do I have magic fingers?

What do you think?

Simon
Ask your wife or girlfriend. :D

[psimonl]

Ask your wife or girlfriend. :D

I knew this one was coming :rolleyes:

Simon

[cornelis]

I knew this one was coming :rolleyes:

Simon

And from Zen:D

[dialex]

The pivot is not completely cylindrical, but rather has a "D" shaped section, to prevent it from rotating in the G-10 handles. It could be that somehow the pivot modified its position and got stuck in the G-10 and you put it back when you pressed it. Unless if the threads of the screw are damaged, I can't think of a better explanation. :o