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Advice? PM2 has bad lockstick

0 points · submitted May 2022 by u/Chimchu2

Recently installed blue titanium hardware on my PM2, cleaned thoroughly, replaced hardware and adjusted pivot how I like. Knife locks up hard, requires force and makes grinding/scratching sound when lock is finally disengaged. Tried taking apart and cleaning a second time, but it seems to me the new stop bar is out of tolerance or something. Wondering If I did something wrong, or just got a bad part. Knife worked great before and had no lockstick, and I've disassembled, cleaned, and sharpened it multiple times with no issues.

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Vaugith 4 points · May 2022

Put the original stop pin back in.

Chimchu2 [OP] 3 points · May 2022

That would be smart, considered that, but I wanted it all to match. You're right tho, function over form

moderately_adult 2 points · May 2022

You could see if putting some lube or using a strop to soften the stop pin and see if that helps too, I’ve used my strop on a bunch of moving parts whenever something felt gritty

Chimchu2 [OP] 1 points · May 2022

Lubing it made it worse, the compression lock barely fits between the lock bar and blade hilt, and I'm nervous about modding the lock in any way because I don't wanna go too far and have a loose lockup. I appreciate the input though, I will keep it in mind

Chimchu2 [OP] 1 points · May 2022

So I tried to put the OG stop bar back, but the new screws are not compatible. Looking at the bar, I realized the ano was wearing off the bar where the lock rubs against it, so I lightly stropped it and re-assembled and it's much better. Still tight, but I think it'll wear in over time based on how the edge of the lock was wearing and the bar