Posted: 8/6/2006 7:39:03 AM EDT
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I have been shooting my custom for about 9 years. This year I started shooting it in IPSC. I have noticed a weird problem with the guide rod. At the end of the day, when I clean the gun, I have a problem turning the bushing to field strip it. The guide rod unscrews itself a little bit. It's the 1 piece guide rod, but the saddle that sits on/against the barrel screws on the end. I have tried locktite. It backed out anyway. I'm worried at some point the guide rod will unscrew itself completely and fall out. Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks |
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This is the place I'm talking about. Is is supposed to be staked or something? http://people.musc.edu/~kingl/1911_guide_rods_large.jpg |
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Get a USGI and you wont have to worry about it. Nothing to screw on a USGI. Never seen a guide rod like that. The ONLY 1 peice I have seen that I could tolerate was the Kimber model. Nothing to screw anywhere, and you could disassemble fairly easily. Ditch that thing. |
| This IS the stock kimber part. All I want to do is find out if anyone else has ever had this back out or not. If you don't have one of these, then clearly you don't have the problem. ANYONE ELSE out there ever experience this, if so, how do you fix it. As this is a stock part with thousands of other users, surely someone else has seen this before. |
I've got a TCII and it has the same sort of guide rod, but no failures as in un-screwing it's self. I don't think you'll be able to stake it as the spring may hang up on that. If you are stuck on a full length look at a Wilson for a replacement. |