Full Benchmade 940-2 teardown and reassembly

We are always working on special projects at Northwest Knives, and we thought it would be a good idea to share with you our techniques on the teardown and reassembly of some of our custom knives. Specifically the Benchmade 940-2 in this instance.
You can find our customs done by SRG Armament here in Meridian Idaho in our showroom, or on our website www.northwestknives.com.

[@franka9760]

Nice careful demonstration. You are soft-spoken, so turn the volume up a bit. Many thanks for sharing this!

[@NorthwestKnives]

Thanks for the input Frank! I’ve since changed up the audio settings so hopefully it won’t be an issue in the future!

[@reggieburris]

Excellent video. Just purchased a slew of Benchmades, a few of them Osbornes. Was going to install deep carry clips and the thread locker I was going to use came damaged, so it leaked inadvertently on my 940. I looked this video and took my knife apart, removed the Loctite, lubed the knife and put it verbatim, the way you demonstrated in the video. Truly appreciate your video because I had no intention was disassembling and reassembling the knife(knives, just wanted to put on deep carry clips. Thanks!

[@NorthwestKnives]

That’s unfortunate to hear about the thread locker, I’m glad the video helped! Thanks for watching!!!

[@JJ-gd7gf]

A well described instructional video! Thanks for sharing.

[@minijead1]

Really helpful, thank you so much!

[@toreycasey1214]

Thanks man appreciate it!! Was struggling putting my osborne together and this made it MUCH easier, did not have the benchmade “tool” however a UNO card worked very nicely!

[@NorthwestKnives]

Fantastic! Glad we could help!

[@slywolfe]

Very helpful, thanks. I saw Nick Shabazz did a similar video, very minor differences, I think your method works better for my hands though so thanks

[@Cherokie89]

Thanks. Dicked with that for ten minutes before deciding someone had figured out a better way than feeding in a blade/washer sandwich.

[@NorthwestKnives]

Glad you got it figured out!

[@mr.rem2609]

Great video. Only thing I do different is I cover the knife edge with masking tape so I dont accidently cut myself. Those things are sharp. Masking tape doesnt leave a film either.

[@cameronchicken8439]

so i got the 940 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 which is a problem with every benchmade…. 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.

[@carmelotansengco4605]

I haven't disassembled either of my 940s or my Mini Grip or my 945 but I have disassembled a few Ganzo knives with crossbar locks. With those Ganzos, I found it easier to reassemble one side, slide the pivot in, put in the blade and then slap on the other side. Would that technique work with the Benchmades?

[@oveson88]

Ive hated my osborne 940-2 since i got it. The pivot has to be so loose to open and close i can lock up the blade just by tightening by pressing my finger against the screw. How can i tighten it up.

[@ShootingSportz]

Any links to the black knurled screwdriver you are using?

[@cecilm3720]

Great demonstration. Easy to follow. Is the liner the same length on the green aluminum 940? (I thought the liners were full length.) Thank you.

[@REAPER3fitty]

No.

[@slywolfe]

I'm considering swapping out the screws for blue titanium ones (I've got the green aluminum version with the purple backspacer) - I was just wondering, will I need loctite or will I mess up the action doing this without any?

[@NorthwestKnives]

There shouldn’t be any need for it, I’ve never had any problem and it adds extra hassle when taking your knife back apart in the future. But if you feel you absolutely have to, use a toothpick and apply locktite to the threads sparingly, you should be fine. Use the blue locktite, not the red. If you use the red… your going to make it 100% permanent.

[@slywolfe]

@@NorthwestKnives Haha wow, thanks - that is very good to know! Much obliged 🙏

[@kf3432]

Is this a real bench made?

[@NorthwestKnives]

Absolutely. We are an authorized Benchmade Dealer.

[@REAPER3fitty]

Of course haha you saw the box

[@sebs30v]

No oil or lube?!?!

[@oveson88]

Some knives actually function better dry surprisingly lol.