Washer replacement

BBQ BOY · #1

I was playing around with my brothers Native 5 yesterday and I seemed to have lost one of the washers. Would I be correct in assuming that i need to call Spyderco for a replacement?

BAL · #2

Yeah, I would start there and see if they can set you up with a new washer.
I haven't ever lost one before, althoug I have shot a few springs out of my
guns before. So, what did your brother have to say about this, was he there
when this happened. That's a tough deal, hope that you are able to get a
replacement in short order.

kbuzbee · #3

Yeah, it's a current model. They should be able to take care of you, no problem. I was missing a screw from my Vesuvius they replace LAST YEAR! I wasn't quite so confident THAT was gonna happen, but it did. Those guys totally rock!

Ken

jackknifeh · #4

Hope they can help you. If not, I'm sure there are places to get washers on knife parts web sites. You would probably want to replace both with two new ones. Get the diameter, hole size, etc. I was able to get a lock spring for a lockback that works better than the original. Good luck.

You know the washer could only have gone so far. I would look in places that you KNOW FOR A FACT it couldn't have gone. I've found little parts in places like this. I'm pretty bad about just working instead of taking the time to spread a towel out or something for parts to fall and not go any farther.

Jack

kbuzbee · #5

jackknifeh wrote:You know the washer could only have gone so far. I would look in places that you KNOW FOR A FACT it couldn't have gone. I've found little parts in places like this. I'm pretty bad about just working instead of taking the time to spread a towel out or something for parts to fall and not go any farther.

True story Jack. A couple weeks go I had to replace a ballast in a kitchen ceiling light. I SHOULD have taken the fixture down but hey, why bother? I can reach the ceiling... So holding the screw in one hand, the ballast in the other and using the screwdriver.... Well you get the picture. The screw fell onto the tiles and skittered away. I looked for 1/2 an hour. Even pulled out the stove to look underneath. Nothing. There was no where else it could be. Just gone. So I dug something similar out of the tool box. A couple days later the wife steps on it in the living room. It had bounced 20' away!

Ken

jackknifeh · #6

kbuzbee wrote:True story Jack. A couple weeks go I had to replace a ballast in a kitchen ceiling light. I SHOULD have taken the fixture down but hey, why bother? I can reach the ceiling... So holding the screw in one hand, the ballast in the other and using the screwdriver.... Well you get the picture. The screw fell onto the tiles and skittered away. I looked for 1/2 an hour. Even pulled out the stove to look underneath. Nothing. There was no where else it could be. Just gone. So I dug something similar out of the tool box. A couple days later the wife steps on it in the living room. It had bounced 20' away!

Ken

I bet stories like this would make for a mighty long thread if people shared them. :)

BAL · #7

I could probably talk for hours on little parts that have bounced away or that I have
somehow misplaced. It'S amazing how far a small little piece can bounce. Or maybe
little gnomes sneak up and take them.

Somewhere near South Park. Colorado there is a building full of small washers, nuts,
bolts, springs and of course underpants.

JNewell · #8

kbuzbee wrote:True story Jack. A couple weeks go I had to replace a ballast in a kitchen ceiling light. I SHOULD have taken the fixture down but hey, why bother? I can reach the ceiling... So holding the screw in one hand, the ballast in the other and using the screwdriver.... Well you get the picture. The screw fell onto the tiles and skittered away. I looked for 1/2 an hour. Even pulled out the stove to look underneath. Nothing. There was no where else it could be. Just gone. So I dug something similar out of the tool box. A couple days later the wife steps on it in the living room. It had bounced 20' away!

Ken

Yup, tile floors...an unexplored alternate energy source.

:D

BBQ BOY · #9

Thanks guys, My brother was present but didn't say much about it. We had a lot going on around us and I must have broken my concentration at some point. I have probably taken apart my knives 1,000 times and I have NEVER lost a single part. I looked the area over and over and over. I looked in the places where it could not have been. It's a mystery.

kbuzbee · #10

JNewell wrote:Yup, tile floors...an unexplored alternate energy source. :D

No kidding! We once dropped a small Correlle bowl... I swept. I vacuumed. We still found pieces a week later

BBQ BOY wrote:Thanks guys, My brother was present but didn't say much about it. We had a lot going on around us and I must have broken my concentration at some point. I have probably taken apart my knives 1,000 times and I have NEVER lost a single part. I looked the area over and over and over. I looked in the places where it could not have been. It's a mystery.

It's in your shoe

Ken

JNewell · #11

kbuzbee wrote:No kidding! We once dropped a small Correlle bowl... I swept. I vacuumed. We still found pieces a week later

Ken

I sort of hope you don't have animals and don't walk around barefoot...

God'sMyJudge · #12

Sorry to kick this back up, but OP, did you ever get new washers? What was the process?

jackknifeh · #13

God'sMyJudge wrote:Sorry to kick this back up, but OP, did you ever get new washers? What was the process?

I think he's still on his hands and knees looking for it. :D

liltemp1 · #14

\,,/ I found the washer, my cat had it. \,,/ :D