Knife Noob Episode 11: How to Fix Bad Action or Lock Stick on an OTF Knife
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- How to fix bad action or lock stick on an OTF knife featuring my new Molon Labe Microtech Ultratech. ---------Find Links to Some of My Favorite Knives Below----------
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One thing I noticed with my ultratech is that the factory lube is like LPS 3, and it seems to form some sort of film on the inside that caused mine to be stiff. What I did was dunked it in my solvent tank (basically hoppes #9) fired it a couple times in there, took it out, blew it out, then put LPS 2 in it. Went from a knife that took everything I had to fire it with two hands to one that fires EASILY with my thumb
Oh thank you for this video! My UTX 80 had difficulty firing and not fully locking out. Great quick fix!
Glad it worked! Thanks for watching!
What's a UTX 80?
I picked up a combat Troodon earlier had to oil it after the first 50+ deployments a little oil goes a long way
Great video as always bro🤛
Thanks!
Had an otf failing to deploy and I used some wd 40 thing is workin smooth like butter now
Great video once again. Love your new Microtech Ultratech Molon Labe. Very cool OTF.
Thanks!
I got my first microtech right before quarantine. I picked up the utx-70 because I always loved how small it was. But man did that thing tear my thumb up when I got it. I doubt there was anything wrong with it but had more to do with me opening it literally hundreds of times an hour.
This fix totally stopped it from tearing up my thumb and made it super smooth. A lot of people say compressed canned air is better than WD-40 but it’s the same idea.
My Combat Troodon is horribly stiff. Like my thumb is purple from it and my hands have calluses I have to use two hands. I'm returning it. WD didn't fix it, made it maybe a lil bit better but this is brutal my thumb feels like skin is being ripped off my thumb.
@@jacobbcox1985 some times it's a hit or miss, I just returned a utx 85 for the same reason
Did not work on my Scarab II. I took it apart and put it together so many times that I can get a job doing it. Once in a while it works nicely and then back to being impossible to retract with one hand. I own 8 Microtech and this is the only one giving me a problem. It was to be my EDC and now is a safe queen.
Have you ever fixed that..?
Yup. Worked on my little cheapo otf I got online.
Good thing to know
Now my thumb will bleed no more
Just got a NIB UTX-85 in the mail today with a production date of 07/2020. This thing is so much harder than any Microtech Ultratech I have had. Don’t get me wrong at fires like a dream but my gosh this thing is brutal. Maybe just needs to be broken in? The videos I’ve seen on the 85 say they are easier and smoother to deploy and retract.
Has the knife broken in or what happenes?
Everybody calm down about WD-40 not being a good lube. Consider that maybe It’s not it’s lubricating properties that makes it effective for this. But rather the fact that it dissolves/dilutes the gummed up factory lube that may be causing the action to hang up.
It would be fantastic if one could get just enough WD-40 in there to dilute the sticky lube and free up the action but not so much that it washes it all out. Or even better, if micro techs warranty wouldnt prevent us from properly maintaining our tools.
Sooo used WD-40 and it didn't really work. The switch on mine is still super stiff. Now granted mine is a cheap OTF but it fires strong. Any other options?
Sorry to hear that. You can blow it out with an air can. That can work depending on what the issue is. If the issue is a weak spring then nothing will help short of changing the spring.
@@TripleEEDC I'm thinkin the issue might actually be too strong of a spring. At least getting it back in cause it's rough as hell. But I'll try air next.
Great video as always
Thanks!
Great info, thanks!
Actually you want to flood the whole knife work the action a few times blow it out with compressed air work the action again a few times then then wipe excess off black and chassis and PS Remington oil works better and last longer wd will dry out to fast and you’ll be cleaning sooner than needed
I tried wd40 but it’s still pretty stiff is there anything else I can do
Bro, good job on the video. But please don't recommend wd-40. GUN OIL ONLY!
Why gun oil only?
@@TripleEEDC wd40 is great at displacing water, hence the name,(water displacing formula 40) but in my experience it likes to collect pocket dust really well. My otfs all need a lot of oil, so I try to use an oil like Benchmades, or sig sauers. Seems to not collect dust. Just personal exp.
@@TripleEEDC btw, I have the same knife. Do you live in Las vegas?
kyle kopp no. I live in Houston. My family is in Vegas though.
Can I use benchmade blue lube?
It 50%. Less harder to open its perfect now
Glad it helped!
Hey Buddy. MicroTech recommends rem oil, is there a reason to use wd40 over that?
No. It’s just what I had on hand. REM oil is good. Air cans are good too.
I've heard WD40 is Kerosin based therefore builds up moisture overtime. I'm not fully sure but I remember hearing it from somewhere else
I just got a new ultratech and this slider is just hard to retract. I put some rem oil in it and cycled it but it feels more like the spring is just really strong and it’s just tearing up my thumb
Felt you I got the ultra tech JK and it's straight dicking my thumbs down.
@@TheMsr47gaming after having mine now for my 3rd week now I can definitely say you’ll get used to it. Just keep messing with it and you’ll get there.
I just got my Microtech Ultratech in the mail on Friday 12/31/2022 around 11:30 am. I fired it about 30 times with my dominant hand...had to switch to my non dominant hand for about 25 or so... After fifteen minutes or so....my thumbs are... blown up!... I put about five drops of rem-oil in it and blew it out with compressed air...then again a second time...I don't know if my thumbs are just temporarily trashed....but I can not pull back on that damn button to save my life.
Can those flippers inside be polished or recontoured to make the release a bit lighter? Gonna go soak my thumbs for a while.😆
Use rem oil
You know what to do when my ultra tech doesnt lock up when trying to retract?
Edit: i already fixed it
What do you mean by it doesn’t lock up when retracting? Does the blade fall out? If so, that’s a broken spring. You would need to send it in to Microtech to warranty it.
I can walk you through fixing it if you want to email me gyeeah@gmail.com.
It's likely not a broken spring if it's still firing it's an issue with the choil and lower trapdoor.. this is common and needs to be redesigned to not bounce off the back of the handle on the inside on some otfs... it can be an overly tightened spring too or dirt but spraying wd40 is not the move.
Send pictures of the blade locked in the out position if possible
What did you do to fix the problem? Im having the same issue.
@@joeblow8962 it depends - what is it and is this something that just started happening or always has or always has sometimes or was it solid and all of a sudden it started not locking? Although its a simple mechanism there is a lot that can go wrong with them but I can probably talk you through it. Gyeeah@gmail.com
I did it with my cobratech and it made it worse
The tiniest spray should do it. Too much oil can gunk up the works. How much did you use? Also, an air can can also be used as well.
Didn’t work for me:/ the knife is still stiff and some of it leaked out of the sides of the knife
You probably sprayed too much if it is leaking. Literally a fraction of a second is all you need. Too much WD-40 can cause it to get a sticky residue and more dust can get in there. If you want to really blow it out like that an air can is better than WD-40.
Wipe as much as you can off the blade and push the blade in and out and continually wipe it to get additional residue off
Is this a troll video?
Nope. Just pre-Gunny Magic