This method used the CRK recommended way as given by Chris Reeve in the thread listed below.
Start with the knife closed
Then, unscrew only the pivot-screw (most - left in the picture), remove the screw, and with the allen - wrench, push/tap out the pivot pin.
Open the knife slightly, and then pull out the blade, as shown her in a picture from Chris Reeve. It will require a bit of force, but try to do it gently.
Then, unscrew the other screws and take everything apart.
So you get this
Then clean all the parts, and assemble the handles, with only the stop - sleeve, screw and pin and backspacer, screw and pin. Screw it down normally tight!
Leave that, and start oiling the blade. Put oil on the areas where the washers go, and inside the pivot area. Also put some oil on the tang where the lock bar normally engages.
Put the washers on the blade, and insert the bushing. They will 'stick' to the blade because of the oil.
Result:
Then align the blade/washers/bushing with the handles
and start inserting it into the handles. At first you might think that it doesn't fit, but it SHOULD fit! If it doesn't fit, you assembled it wrong, see message from Chris Reeve at the top.
You need to hold the blade in such a way that you keep the bushing in place with your thumb and fore - finger and then slide it between the handles.
Do not unscrew the stop - pin screw to make room. It should
and will fit!
After its inserted so far that the bushing is between the handles, you need to unlock the lockbar to slide it further. Then align the pivot hole from the handle with the blade pivot hole.
Hold it up against the light to see if it's properly aligned. Otherwise the pin won't fit. Don't force the pin in, it should slide in normally. Once it's in, put in the screw and screw it down tight. Open the blade as shown:
Then, only once, you're allowed to (gently) flick the blade open, then close it and open it normally and it's smooth and lock up is tight and in the right spot.
Contributed by: Ted Van der Voorde, Thomas Larsen
