[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Ack... Broken Microtech (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 3/20/2016 12:42:30 PM EDT
| This totally fucking sucks. I bought an Executive Scarab OTF just over a month ago and was finger fucking it today when the damn thing got stuck in the deployed position. The slider is now free floating and not engaging anything but the blade feels like it is still being acted on by the spring when I pull on it. Should I try to fix it myself or risk being loved tenderly by Microtech CS? |
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Microtech CS is worthless.
Contact The Hollow Grind instead. They are a licensed dealer and they provide service. My first Microtech was a daytona. Loved that knife, carried it everywhere. After a few years I hear a disconcerting pop when firing it. No more function. I tried to contact microtech by phone, by email, by website form, with no response. At one point they changed their site's RMA page to state that they were at a knife show and unable to handle RMAs at the the... that show had ended 2 months prior. It was literally impossible for me to get any service on that knife. Microtech also does not sell parts, and disassembling the knife voids the warranty. Unable to get any service whatsoever, I figured what the heck and bought a tri wing bit (their proprietary screw) and a spring from some shady online dealer (switchbladekits.com). The parts arrived shortly after and the bit promptly damaged itself trying to remove the screws (I was just barely able to get the screws out... most of the prongs were torn off of the bit). The Microtech mainspring had torn down the middle, somehow, so I tried to replace it with the replacement spring, that was nowhere near the same size, length, or tension. Even cutting it to fit (one coil at a time) as per the dealer's instructions, that spring immediately "took a set" and never fired the knife, even once. I cut my losses and sold the knife for parts on the EE here for like 80 bucks. I still have some ultratechs- and I fucking love them, they are my favorite and ideal EDC- but fuck microtech with a rake. |
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I had the same problem with mine.
Fired out then fire back in then went to fire out again and it went weak. Only has happened once. I put the lever in the up or deploy or blade out position and grabbed the blade between my fingers and pulled it out to the deployed lock position. The blade locked back up on the riding mechanism and works to this day. hope you fix it |
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Quoted: I had the same problem with mine. Fired out then fire back in then went to fire out again and it went weak. Only has happened once. I put the lever in the up or deploy or blade out position and grabbed the blade between my fingers and pulled it out to the deployed lock position. The blade locked back up on the riding mechanism and works to this day. hope you fix it |
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Quoted: Microtech CS is worthless. Contact The Hollow Grind instead. They are a licensed dealer and they provide service. My first Microtech was a daytona. Loved that knife, carried it everywhere. After a few years I hear a disconcerting pop when firing it. No more function. I tried to contact microtech by phone, by email, by website form, with no response. At one point they changed their site's RMA page to state that they were at a knife show and unable to handle RMAs at the the... that show had ended 2 months prior. It was literally impossible for me to get any service on that knife. Microtech also does not sell parts, and disassembling the knife voids the warranty. Unable to get any service whatsoever, I figured what the heck and bought a tri wing bit (their proprietary screw) and a spring from some shady online dealer (switchbladekits.com). The parts arrived shortly after and the bit promptly damaged itself trying to remove the screws (I was just barely able to get the screws out... most of the prongs were torn off of the bit). The Microtech mainspring had torn down the middle, somehow, so I tried to replace it with the replacement spring, that was nowhere near the same size, length, or tension. Even cutting it to fit (one coil at a time) as per the dealer's instructions, that spring immediately "took a set" and never fired the knife, even once. I cut my losses and sold the knife for parts on the EE here for like 80 bucks. I still have some ultratechs- and I fucking love them, they are my favorite and ideal EDC- but fuck microtech with a rake. |
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Microtech CS is worthless. Contact The Hollow Grind instead. They are a licensed dealer and they provide service. My first Microtech was a daytona. Loved that knife, carried it everywhere. After a few years I hear a disconcerting pop when firing it. No more function. I tried to contact microtech by phone, by email, by website form, with no response. At one point they changed their site's RMA page to state that they were at a knife show and unable to handle RMAs at the the... that show had ended 2 months prior. It was literally impossible for me to get any service on that knife. Microtech also does not sell parts, and disassembling the knife voids the warranty. Unable to get any service whatsoever, I figured what the heck and bought a tri wing bit (their proprietary screw) and a spring from some shady online dealer (switchbladekits.com). The parts arrived shortly after and the bit promptly damaged itself trying to remove the screws (I was just barely able to get the screws out... most of the prongs were torn off of the bit). The Microtech mainspring had torn down the middle, somehow, so I tried to replace it with the replacement spring, that was nowhere near the same size, length, or tension. Even cutting it to fit (one coil at a time) as per the dealer's instructions, that spring immediately "took a set" and never fired the knife, even once. I cut my losses and sold the knife for parts on the EE here for like 80 bucks. I still have some ultratechs- and I fucking love them, they are my favorite and ideal EDC- but fuck microtech with a rake. Yep, he's another giant turd in this industry. He's such a turd I don't give even a cursory look at his knives. And I try to stay on top of what's going on in the knife world, but you couldn't give me anything with microtech name on it. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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This totally fucking sucks. I bought an Executive Scarab OTF just over a month ago and was finger fucking it today when the damn thing got stuck in the deployed position. The slider is now free floating and not engaging anything but the blade feels like it is still being acted on by the spring when I pull on it. Should I try to fix it myself or risk being loved tenderly by Microtech CS? I am a Microtech owner and have never needed CS but in doing my reading before becoming an owner everyone mentioned that if you need service you should go through a dealer. I know that BladeHQ is a big dealer, you might check with them. 
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Yep, he's another giant turd in this industry. He's such a turd I don't give even a cursory look at his knives. And I try to stay on top of what's going on in the knife world, but you couldn't give me anything with microtech name on it. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Quoted:
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Microtech CS is worthless. Contact The Hollow Grind instead. They are a licensed dealer and they provide service. My first Microtech was a daytona. Loved that knife, carried it everywhere. After a few years I hear a disconcerting pop when firing it. No more function. I tried to contact microtech by phone, by email, by website form, with no response. At one point they changed their site's RMA page to state that they were at a knife show and unable to handle RMAs at the the... that show had ended 2 months prior. It was literally impossible for me to get any service on that knife. Microtech also does not sell parts, and disassembling the knife voids the warranty. Unable to get any service whatsoever, I figured what the heck and bought a tri wing bit (their proprietary screw) and a spring from some shady online dealer (switchbladekits.com). The parts arrived shortly after and the bit promptly damaged itself trying to remove the screws (I was just barely able to get the screws out... most of the prongs were torn off of the bit). The Microtech mainspring had torn down the middle, somehow, so I tried to replace it with the replacement spring, that was nowhere near the same size, length, or tension. Even cutting it to fit (one coil at a time) as per the dealer's instructions, that spring immediately "took a set" and never fired the knife, even once. I cut my losses and sold the knife for parts on the EE here for like 80 bucks. I still have some ultratechs- and I fucking love them, they are my favorite and ideal EDC- but fuck microtech with a rake. Yep, he's another giant turd in this industry. He's such a turd I don't give even a cursory look at his knives. And I try to stay on top of what's going on in the knife world, but you couldn't give me anything with microtech name on it. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile I made the mistake of buying a DOC: http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1730810_Microtech_Knives_customer_service___What_am_I_in_for_.html 
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| In case everyone else hasn't made it clear, you are screwed if you want Microtech to handle the repair. I had a dual action auto go down, when I contacted them (a good 4 or 5 years ago) they threatened to contact my states DOJ for (legally) possessing an auto knife. If you have a badge or are active duty military or can have someone who is a LEO try to send it in you supposedly have much better luck but as a bog standard citizen or even fire/EMS you are screwed. |
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I am a Microtech owner and have never needed CS but in doing my reading before becoming an owner everyone mentioned that if you need service you should go through a dealer. I know that BladeHQ is a big dealer, you might check with them. Quoted:
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This totally fucking sucks. I bought an Executive Scarab OTF just over a month ago and was finger fucking it today when the damn thing got stuck in the deployed position. The slider is now free floating and not engaging anything but the blade feels like it is still being acted on by the spring when I pull on it. Should I try to fix it myself or risk being loved tenderly by Microtech CS? I am a Microtech owner and have never needed CS but in doing my reading before becoming an owner everyone mentioned that if you need service you should go through a dealer. I know that BladeHQ is a big dealer, you might check with them. BladeHQ will not help, unless something has changed in the 2 years or so since my ordeal with them. |
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In case everyone else hasn't made it clear, you are screwed if you want Microtech to handle the repair. I had a dual action auto go down, when I contacted them (a good 4 or 5 years ago) they threatened to contact my states DOJ for (legally) possessing an auto knife. If you have a badge or are active duty military or can have someone who is a LEO try to send it in you supposedly have much better luck but as a bog standard citizen or even fire/EMS you are screwed. 
That's above and beyond customers service if I ever heard of it. |
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Meanwhile my Asian Lightning still works fine. Meh. This situation is like one guy having a Lamborghini that needs service having a hard time finding a shop while you are over here with a 1990's Ford economy car. And to be fair Lightning probably doesn't do service either because it would be more expensive to try and do service than it would be to just ship out a knife that probably cost them $20 to make. |
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I made the mistake of buying a DOC: http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1730810_Microtech_Knives_customer_service___What_am_I_in_for_.html http://i.imgur.com/zpU5Wre.jpg http://i.imgur.com/ER1achP.jpg What ever came of that? Is the clock still ticking? 
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I had a failure to deploy with mine recently, nothing there when you pushed the thumb switch. I ordered the correct three prong online to be able to open it up without messing up the screws. Once the tool came in, I watched a tutorial online and was able to fix it myself, it wasn't rocket science but then again, I change my own oil too. 
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I had a failure to deploy with mine recently, nothing there when you pushed the thumb switch. I ordered the correct three prong online to be able to open it up without messing up the screws. Once the tool came in, I watched a tutorial online and was able to fix it myself, it wasn't rocket science but then again, I change my own oil too. That works great unless something actually breaks, as opposed to just slipping off the track. |
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In case everyone else hasn't made it clear, you are screwed if you want Microtech to handle the repair. I had a dual action auto go down, when I contacted them (a good 4 or 5 years ago) they threatened to contact my states DOJ for (legally) possessing an auto knife. If you have a badge or are active duty military or can have someone who is a LEO try to send it in you supposedly have much better luck but as a bog standard citizen or even fire/EMS you are screwed. Wow. Fuck that company. I was honestly looking at buying one of their OTF knives. I will look elsewhere (even though I meet the criteria to carry them) |
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What ever came of that? Is the clock still ticking? Quoted:
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I made the mistake of buying a DOC: http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1730810_Microtech_Knives_customer_service___What_am_I_in_for_.html http://i.imgur.com/zpU5Wre.jpg http://i.imgur.com/ER1achP.jpg What ever came of that? Is the clock still ticking? They took my money, it came back off center, still didn't flip worth a shit, slightly less of a PITA to unlock. I put it on Ebay and lost money. I'll never own another Microtech product. |
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Microtech sounds like they make expensive knives that break a lot.
The way people recommended them in the past I thought they were a great knife by a great company. I'll stay away from them. Guy at work has been using a $30.00 auto knife for over a year now and it's still working. I'll just get 2 of those I guess. |
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Quoted: This situation is like one guy having a Lamborghini that needs service having a hard time finding a shop while you are over here with a 1990's Ford economy car. And to be fair Lightning probably doesn't do service either because it would be more expensive to try and do service than it would be to just ship out a knife that probably cost them $20 to make. Quoted: Quoted: Meanwhile my Asian Lightning still works fine. Meh. This situation is like one guy having a Lamborghini that needs service having a hard time finding a shop while you are over here with a 1990's Ford economy car. And to be fair Lightning probably doesn't do service either because it would be more expensive to try and do service than it would be to just ship out a knife that probably cost them $20 to make. |
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Tony is a real piece of shit. Quoted:
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Microtech CS is worthless. Contact The Hollow Grind instead. They are a licensed dealer and they provide service. My first Microtech was a daytona. Loved that knife, carried it everywhere. After a few years I hear a disconcerting pop when firing it. No more function. I tried to contact microtech by phone, by email, by website form, with no response. At one point they changed their site's RMA page to state that they were at a knife show and unable to handle RMAs at the the... that show had ended 2 months prior. It was literally impossible for me to get any service on that knife. Microtech also does not sell parts, and disassembling the knife voids the warranty. Unable to get any service whatsoever, I figured what the heck and bought a tri wing bit (their proprietary screw) and a spring from some shady online dealer (switchbladekits.com). The parts arrived shortly after and the bit promptly damaged itself trying to remove the screws (I was just barely able to get the screws out... most of the prongs were torn off of the bit). The Microtech mainspring had torn down the middle, somehow, so I tried to replace it with the replacement spring, that was nowhere near the same size, length, or tension. Even cutting it to fit (one coil at a time) as per the dealer's instructions, that spring immediately "took a set" and never fired the knife, even once. I cut my losses and sold the knife for parts on the EE here for like 80 bucks. I still have some ultratechs- and I fucking love them, they are my favorite and ideal EDC- but fuck microtech with a rake. Yep. I live in the PA town they're set up in. Guy is the world's biggest cock sucker. I've got guys in my shop, solid men, good people with families that threw down their tools mid-shift and walked out rather than get an assault charge. Classic little napoleon complex. Nobody that knows him would shed a tear if he turned up in a ditch. Fuck that guy. |
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Microtech sounds like they make expensive knives that break a lot. The way people recommended them in the past I thought they were a great knife by a great company. I'll stay away from them. Guy at work has been using a $30.00 auto knife for over a year now and it's still working. I'll just get 2 of those I guess. The Boker Kalashnikov is a good cheap auto. |
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I thought you were going to be complaining about your Microtech MSAR, in which case you would really be out of luck. Thank god I sold my gen3 years ago. My wife thought I was insane when I sold it for a loss. I told her something's fucked when they keep releasing a new model every 4 months. |
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I'm surprised nobody sells aftermarket springs for these? Yeah, Microtech has horrible CS. Sad, really, as they make great OTF knives. OP, YouTube has disassembly videos. You can buy the tool at Blade HQ. It sounds like your blade came off track. Not in my experience. They make "cool" OTF knives, but great would imply they don't go TU due to pocket lint. Their side openers were great; their OTFs have "cool guy" factor and nothing else IMO. |
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They took my money, it came back off center, still didn't flip worth a shit, slightly less of a PITA to unlock. I put it on Ebay and lost money. I'll never own another Microtech product. Quoted:
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I made the mistake of buying a DOC: http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1730810_Microtech_Knives_customer_service___What_am_I_in_for_.html http://i.imgur.com/zpU5Wre.jpg http://i.imgur.com/ER1achP.jpg What ever came of that? Is the clock still ticking? They took my money, it came back off center, still didn't flip worth a shit, slightly less of a PITA to unlock. I put it on Ebay and lost money. I'll never own another Microtech product. That sucks but it seems to follow the trend. Microtech was already pretty low on my list based on a good friend's experience. Then I started following Arfcom knife threads and scratched them off completely. 
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Yep. I live in the PA town they're set up in. Guy is the world's biggest cock sucker. I've got guys in my shop, solid men, good people with families that threw down their tools mid-shift and walked out rather than get an assault charge. Classic little napoleon complex. Nobody that knows him would shed a tear if he turned up in a ditch. Fuck that guy. Quoted:
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Microtech CS is worthless. Contact The Hollow Grind instead. They are a licensed dealer and they provide service. My first Microtech was a daytona. Loved that knife, carried it everywhere. After a few years I hear a disconcerting pop when firing it. No more function. I tried to contact microtech by phone, by email, by website form, with no response. At one point they changed their site's RMA page to state that they were at a knife show and unable to handle RMAs at the the... that show had ended 2 months prior. It was literally impossible for me to get any service on that knife. Microtech also does not sell parts, and disassembling the knife voids the warranty. Unable to get any service whatsoever, I figured what the heck and bought a tri wing bit (their proprietary screw) and a spring from some shady online dealer (switchbladekits.com). The parts arrived shortly after and the bit promptly damaged itself trying to remove the screws (I was just barely able to get the screws out... most of the prongs were torn off of the bit). The Microtech mainspring had torn down the middle, somehow, so I tried to replace it with the replacement spring, that was nowhere near the same size, length, or tension. Even cutting it to fit (one coil at a time) as per the dealer's instructions, that spring immediately "took a set" and never fired the knife, even once. I cut my losses and sold the knife for parts on the EE here for like 80 bucks. I still have some ultratechs- and I fucking love them, they are my favorite and ideal EDC- but fuck microtech with a rake. Yep. I live in the PA town they're set up in. Guy is the world's biggest cock sucker. I've got guys in my shop, solid men, good people with families that threw down their tools mid-shift and walked out rather than get an assault charge. Classic little napoleon complex. Nobody that knows him would shed a tear if he turned up in a ditch. Fuck that guy. Tony is rightfully hated in Bradford. |
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I thought you were going to be complaining about your Microtech MSAR, in which case you would really be out of luck. This is truth. My MSAR launched the gas piston, spring and plug. I was able to find the spring and plug but not the piston. No replacements at all to be found, even via RatWorx. I turned a new piston from a stainless bar, test fired the rifle and dumped it a week later at a gunshow. I will not own a firearm I cannot get parts for. |
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This is truth. My MSAR launched the gas piston, spring and plug. I was able to find the spring and plug but not the piston. No replacements at all to be found, even via RatWorx. I turned a new piston from a stainless bar, test fired the rifle and dumped it a week later at a gunshow. I will not own a firearm I cannot get parts for. Quoted:
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I thought you were going to be complaining about your Microtech MSAR, in which case you would really be out of luck. This is truth. My MSAR launched the gas piston, spring and plug. I was able to find the spring and plug but not the piston. No replacements at all to be found, even via RatWorx. I turned a new piston from a stainless bar, test fired the rifle and dumped it a week later at a gunshow. I will not own a firearm I cannot get parts for. Did you fully disclose the gun's condition to the buyer? Just wondering....................... |
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Did you fully disclose the gun's condition to the buyer? Just wondering....................... Quoted:
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I thought you were going to be complaining about your Microtech MSAR, in which case you would really be out of luck. This is truth. My MSAR launched the gas piston, spring and plug. I was able to find the spring and plug but not the piston. No replacements at all to be found, even via RatWorx. I turned a new piston from a stainless bar, test fired the rifle and dumped it a week later at a gunshow. I will not own a firearm I cannot get parts for. Did you fully disclose the gun's condition to the buyer? Just wondering....................... Sounds like he fixed it. Somebody buying a rifle that spare parts are not available for? Not on the seller to disclose, buyer should perform basic due diligence. They should've run as soon as they saw MSAR in the first place. |
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The Boker Kalashnikov is a good cheap auto. Quoted:
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Microtech sounds like they make expensive knives that break a lot. The way people recommended them in the past I thought they were a great knife by a great company. I'll stay away from them. Guy at work has been using a $30.00 auto knife for over a year now and it's still working. I'll just get 2 of those I guess. The Boker Kalashnikov is a good cheap auto. Thanks. I like the looks of it too. |
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Not in my experience. They make "cool" OTF knives, but great would imply they don't go TU due to pocket lint. Their side openers were great; their OTFs have "cool guy" factor and nothing else IMO. Quoted:
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I'm surprised nobody sells aftermarket springs for these? Yeah, Microtech has horrible CS. Sad, really, as they make great OTF knives. OP, YouTube has disassembly videos. You can buy the tool at Blade HQ. It sounds like your blade came off track. Not in my experience. They make "cool" OTF knives, but great would imply they don't go TU due to pocket lint. Their side openers were great; their OTFs have "cool guy" factor and nothing else IMO. My Ultratech works fine <shrugs> You need to keep any DA OTF relatively free of lint. |
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Crap. Wished I'd read this thread a week ago. My ultratech stopped locking when it fired; I would have to manually pull the blade until it locked open.
So, I got a RA# from their website and followed their instructions to the letter; sent it to them. I guess I'll find out if I'm screwed or not. |
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Crap. Wished I'd read this thread a week ago. My ultratech stopped locking when it fired; I would have to manually pull the blade until it locked open. So, I got a RA# from their website and followed their instructions to the letter; sent it to them. I guess I'll find out if I'm screwed or not. Did you have to cut them a check for $15? |