You may already know this brother but Benchmade has one of the best warranties out there (a big part of why they cost so much), they will send parts out right away usually no questions asked, you don't have to pay for these kinds of things. Also, I have heard that folks run into issues with the Omega springs when they regularly deploy/close the knife by pulling on just one side, always pull on both sides to increase durability. Hope the info helps!
+1 on the larger washer replacement. Really makes a huge difference on lockup for both Bailout & Bugout and no discernible difference in opening/closing. The size I used is (.500x197x.020) - (For 3/16 Pivot) .
so i got the m4 version and it felt really gritty right out of the box and had a lot of lock stick so to took it apart and noticed a lot that could be better. the liners/housing for the axis lock has a rough surface so the edges of all of the holes are sharp to the touch and the rough surface adds to this almost like serrations so i polished the flat surfaces with a strop and inside the where the axis lock rides i had the perfect aluminum oxide 5000 grit sharper for sharpening blade serrations whic fit perfectly so i smoothed that out. i think with how rough that whole area is what causes these springs to wear out. but that wasn’t the worst of it. the hole for the pivot was so sharp and jagged that it was destroying my washers and the surface of the blade tang behind the washers had super aggressive machining lines but beyond that it was also very pitted. the surface that the other side of the washer rests against was also rough and the entire surface of the tang that the lock rides against was pitted and rough and the lock bar itself was rough. also the pivot itself is “D” shaped and the shoulders of the flat part of the “D” shape was rough because of machining lines. i polished all of that out and now it’s much smoother and zero lock stick…. i have two budget chinese axis style knives each cost exactly $50 and neither have any of those issues but my american made $200 benchmade had zero quality control.
Do you really need to completely take apart like that or can you not just take one side off at a time and replace the spring and leave bland and all in place ..?
You may already know this brother but Benchmade has one of the best warranties out there (a big part of why they cost so much), they will send parts out right away usually no questions asked, you don't have to pay for these kinds of things. Also, I have heard that folks run into issues with the Omega springs when they regularly deploy/close the knife by pulling on just one side, always pull on both sides to increase durability. Hope the info helps!
Well I have one more spare set so if the current ones go plus those then I'll reach out to Benchmade.
+1 on the larger washer replacement. Really makes a huge difference on lockup for both Bailout & Bugout and no discernible difference in opening/closing. The size I used is (.500x197x.020) - (For 3/16 Pivot) .
so i got the m4 version and it felt really gritty right out of the box and had a lot of lock stick so to took it apart and noticed a lot that could be better. the liners/housing for the axis lock has a rough surface so the edges of all of the holes are sharp to the touch and the rough surface adds to this almost like serrations so i polished the flat surfaces with a strop and inside the where the axis lock rides i had the perfect aluminum oxide 5000 grit sharper for sharpening blade serrations whic fit perfectly so i smoothed that out. i think with how rough that whole area is what causes these springs to wear out. but that wasn’t the worst of it. the hole for the pivot was so sharp and jagged that it was destroying my washers and the surface of the blade tang behind the washers had super aggressive machining lines but beyond that it was also very pitted. the surface that the other side of the washer rests against was also rough and the entire surface of the tang that the lock rides against was pitted and rough and the lock bar itself was rough. also the pivot itself is “D” shaped and the shoulders of the flat part of the “D” shape was rough because of machining lines. i polished all of that out and now it’s much smoother and zero lock stick…. i have two budget chinese axis style knives each cost exactly $50 and neither have any of those issues but my american made $200 benchmade had zero quality control.
Do you really need to completely take apart like that or can you not just take one side off at a time and replace the spring and leave bland and all in place ..?
It may be able to get done like that but can't confirm it.
Just broke 1 Omega spring on my Bailout hoping that benchmade sends me a set of new springs