Posted: 5/18/2007 6:40:16 AM EDT
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Who has replaced their polymer Glock guide rod? Anyone ever had problems out of one? Just wondering if it is worth replacing early to avoid future problems. |
| There've been dozens of threads about this very subject, and you'll get folks who say to not ever replace anything on your Glock with aftermarket parts. Then you'll get folks like me who unhesitatingly replace guide rods with steel ones; recoil springs with springs appropriate for the loads I'm shooting; aftermarket connectors; etc. The only thing I won't use aftermarket is an aftermarket magazine. |
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I, too, kept the factory guide rod. I used Glock stock parts to "tweak" and tinker--but I don't see much of a reason to with the recoil spring & rod. I saw a thread on GlockTalk where I guy with a .40 (I think a 22) had the end that rests on the barrel crack--but it still worked. Given the literal tens of thousands of Glocks out there and one alleged problem---I don't see it as a problem. I have spare recoil rods/springs (Glock OEM)--but I spare parts for all my guns. Hope this helps. |
| They're using plastic, captured guide rods for two reasons: cheapness and uniformity. Plastic guide rods do break; steel ones don't. Recoil springs, as designed by Glocks' engineers, are, of course, compromises. It's ludicrous to think that a G17 would have the same recoil spring weight as a G22 or G20. |
After you've been around as long as this old guy, you'll realize that six wrong answers in the company of a right answer don't make for better advice than the right answer.  You'll also have those who just don't know any better chiming in that you'll be sent off to prison for the rest of your life if you have to use a modified weapon in a legitimate case of s.d. 
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The original Glock 17 was built with a uncaptured steel guide rod. I replace all my Glock recoil spring assemblies w/ Wolff uncaptured steel guide rods and appropriate spring weight.I also replace those shitty sights that Glock uses. Just because Glock uses plastic guide rods does'nt mean there are'nt better alternatives. Use steel if you like.I do. href=Wolff http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s192/RA357SIGT/357SIG4.jpg |
| Some people like the steel guide rods and they say they run fine. I have a friend with G23 who swears by his steel guide rod. His G23 runs fine with it. But when I tried to use one (non-captured) in my G23 I had my first, second, and third malfunctions ever with it. I replaced it would the factory unit and it runs like a champ. I wish I had taken a little more time to find out what was really causing it. |
Could have been the wrong spring weight or bad aftermarket guide rod design. I've had 100% experience with Wolff guide rods. |
I'd bet you are right. It was a Wolff spring. It was the factory standard weight but there could have been a mix up. I can't remember which brand non-captured guide rod it was. I really should have diagnosed it better, but my problem solved itself when I went back to the OEM unit. My G23 is long gone or I would try to recreate the problem. |
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