so call me stupid

[Irish Lager]

alright, so i am trying to remove the pocket clip off of my ss pro grip but the screws wont budge. Do they use locktite on them? if so how do i get them out. i dont like the clip, and as soon as i get it off i will begin to edc this knife. thanks for the help.
GS

[STR]

I had the same problem with one of my stainless ones. I ended up using a thin cut off disc to slot the heads of each screw for a straight head and then used a bigger screw driver to force them out. The phillips was just stripping on me.

Sears or Lowes has the cut off discs. Get the thinnest ones and a variable speed dremmel is best for control. Oh and wear safety glasses.

[David Lowry]

Yeah. Fun. Same problem here. :)

What I think is more fun is trying to hold a Delica sandwiched between 2 different screwdrivers at the same time to get the clip off of it. The fact that the slots are not that deep and are way too wide really help a lot too :D . They must expect me to get that clip off with a couple of nickels or some special tool that I don't have.

[Dr. Snubnose]

A little drop of CorresionX...wait ten minutes and unscrew... Doc

[ghostrider]

Yeah. Fun. Same problem here. :)

What I think is more fun is trying to hold a Delica sandwiched between 2 different screwdrivers at the same time to get the clip off of it. The fact that the slots are not that deep and are way too wide really help a lot too :D . They must expect me to get that clip off with a couple of nickels or something or some special tool that I don't have.

David,
Have you tried nickles, or even quarters. If you look at the slots on the nuts, you notice the slope inward, maybe even concave. I think they are made for coins, not screwdrivers. Old model 35mm SLR cameras were like that with thier battery compartments. I use nickles, and they seem to work much better than any screwdriver I tried. All this I am assuming your talking about the barrel bolt style clip. If so, give the coins a try, they should do a better job.

David

[The Deacon]

On "all metal" models, it often helps to heat each screw a bit with a soldering iron before trying to unscrew it to soften the locktite.

[ASmitty]

David,
Have you tried nickles, or even quarters. If you look at the slots on the nuts, you notice the slope inward, maybe even concave. I think they are made for coins, not screwdrivers. Old model 35mm SLR cameras were like that with thier battery compartments. I use nickles, and they seem to work much better than any screwdriver I tried. All this I am assuming your talking about the barrel bolt style clip. If so, give the coins a try, they should do a better job.

David

David,

Yeah, what he said, nickels are perfect, almost obviously what was designed to be used on those screws.

[Irish Lager]

alright deacon, i will give it a shot. i dont have a soldering iron so i will have to ask my brother in law for his. but sounds like a plan.

doc, in the event that i cant get ahold of the iron, where can i get some corresionX?

thanks to all,
GS

[David Lowry]

Doesn't it seem odd that heat would be required to move the clip on an SS model?

What is a "non-knife nut" supposed to do? I mean that's OK for us folks but I seriously doubt that "they" would know that.

Also, thanks for the info about using a nickle. It doesn't seem that I can get it tight enough with nickles though that's why I use screwdrivers. If I use a nickle I can move the clip left to right and I figure it has more of a chance of trying to turn around and ruin the FRN.

That barrel nut/bolt is really not a good way to do things after having dealt with them on my Delica. I would rather just have the molded FRN clip now. :)

[dragn_flame]

heres link for corosion x

http://www.johnfjensen.com/acatalog/cat ... orrosion-X

I havent tried it, but I do use the " Eezox" that he sells to lube my knives,
fwif I edc frn pro-grips, great blade
good luck
tom

[Dr. Snubnose]

CorrosionX can also be bought in any good gun shop...Doc