Tip-Down carry issue on Navaja.

[TheNilvarg]

I'm loving my Navaja, and praying I don't get the "broken carraca spring" issue that I read about. However, I am experiencing a different issue.

I switched the pocket clip from the stock Tip-Up configuration to Tip-Down. Unfortunately, the left and right screws on the pocket clip seem to have contact with the blade pivot. If I tighten them at all, to prevent the clip from wobbling side-to-side, the blade is no longer loose enough to flip open one-handed.

So my choices are, tighten the screws and have a pocket clip that doesn't wiggle around but a blade that is difficult to open, or leave the screws loose (loose enough that I can turn them by hand) so that I can still flip it open.

Anyone else experiencing this? Any way around this issue? I don't have any equipment that I could use to grind down the screws to a shorter length.

And no - "carry tip-up" is not a helpful answer.

Thanks.

[jabba359]

Try emailing Spyderco customer service explaining your problem. You may have gotten screws that were longer than intended and customer service may be able to mail you some replacement screws of the correct length.

P.S. I wouldn't worry about the broken spring "issue". I've only heard of the one problem and there have been plenty Navajas sold already. If it were a widespread issue, I'm sure more forum members here would have experienced it as well and mentioned something. I own one and I never worry and won't worry that the spring may break. Worst case scenario, it does break and Spyderco provides me with a replacement. Something like that would be a manufacturing defect and covered under warranty.

[geronm042]

Get a file and reduce the length of these screws.. ?

[grumpyphil]

I'm loving my Navaja, and praying I don't get the "broken carraca spring" issue that I read about. However, I am experiencing a different issue.

I switched the pocket clip from the stock Tip-Up configuration to Tip-Down. Unfortunately, the left and right screws on the pocket clip seem to have contact with the blade pivot. If I tighten them at all, to prevent the clip from wobbling side-to-side, the blade is no longer loose enough to flip open one-handed.

So my choices are, tighten the screws and have a pocket clip that doesn't wiggle around but a blade that is difficult to open, or leave the screws loose (loose enough that I can turn them by hand) so that I can still flip it open.

Anyone else experiencing this? Any way around this issue? I don't have any equipment that I could use to grind down the screws to a shorter length.

And no - "carry tip-up" is not a helpful answer.

Thanks.

I had the same issue. About 3 seconds on the belt sander took care of it.

[TheNilvarg]

I had the same issue. About 3 seconds on the belt sander took care of it.

Please mail me your belt sander! :)

[razorsharp]

get 5 bucks and go to your local hardware store and get some p320 or 280 sandpaper, something gritty enough to sand or away and fine enough to not make it messy lol

[geronm042]

Dremel ?

[TheNilvarg]

I have no tools. I'm a poor college student who just got laid off from his job a few days ago thanks to this wonderful economy. Tools cost money. lol

[Creepo]

Just get some medium sandpaper and sand the screw a bit shorter, that's the cheapest and easiest fix IMO.

[TheNilvarg]

Problem solved. I went outside and rubbed the screw tip against the sidewalk for a few minutes to grind it down. Costs nothing, and the knife works fine now.

Thanks for the advice anyway.

[bh49]

I'm a poor college student

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Problem solved. I went outside and rubbed the screw tip against the sidewalk for a few minutes to grind it down. Costs nothing, and the knife works fine now.

= smart student :)
good thinking.

[Jordan]

Hehe, well done bud... just goes to show you that poverty is the mother of invention :p .

[dsmegst]

Exactly what I was going to suggest. Well done. :)

Sell old text books, buy a new Spydie.

[chuck_roxas45]

Very good! That's ingenuity for you.