Bodyguard 2.0 guide rod & recoil spring....

lunger said:

I think this is becoming a known issue

On mine it looks like the end of last coil on the muzzle end of the spring pops out past flange of the guide rod . This is not allowing the spring to compress when inserted into the slide.

If you push the end of the spring in and under the flange it goes right in. Works on mine anyway.

That being said you should not have to do this. I will be asking for a replacement.

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Yes, this is exactly right—I had the same issue.

Filled out the online form on the S&W site and they sent me a replacement guide rod assembly—but it took at least a couple weeks and I never got any update or tracking info.

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Recoil Spring/Rod Issue

I'm having the same issue as described above. I contacted S&W and after 2-3 weeks a new recoil spring/rod assembly was sent to me. No change. The new assembly has the same issue as the one that came with the BG2.0. Once I get the recoil spring/rod installed, after a lot of work, the pistol functions fine. I like the pistol, hope it gets fixed.

It seems once assembled the hole in the slide is close enough to the diameter of the end of the guide rod end that it holds the spring end in place. Thus not effecting function YET anyway.

None of my other Smiths with similar guide rods have this issue . Seems like it should be simple to correct this once they admit it is a problem .

I also have requested a replacement. We'll se what happens

Thanks! This saved me a ton of extra frustration!

Finally got my replacement spring from S&W (about 4 weeks). This one actually works.

I have the same experience with the spring end getting into the problem state.

Once the spring end is back in the proper position the installation into the slide is simple and easy.

pannell76 said:

I'm having the same issue as described above. I contacted S&W and after 2-3 weeks a new recoil spring/rod assembly was sent to me. No change. The new assembly has the same issue as the one that came with the BG2.0. Once I get the recoil spring/rod installed, after a lot of work, the pistol functions fine. I like the pistol, hope it gets fixed.

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I received my replacement today . Like yours mine is no different than the original . The end of the spring is already over the flange when it arrived . If anything it is more difficult to assemble. And yes once assembled it runs fine

May have to give that a try on the replacement they sent. Got nothing to lose. Thanks

Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum and wanted to post a work around that help me. I'm having the same issues as everyone else, I bought my bodyguard 2.0 on Friday the 13th, probably should have known better. What I noticed is that in my case there was a small burr that was preventing the post from going back in and I couldn't get the recoil spring and post to get in no matter what I tried even had to pull down hard to kind of force it in. So what I did was I took the spring off the post I got a Dremel with a grinding wheel in about half speed a ground down where the burr was not too much being careful not to hit coils. Ultimately I did took a tiny bit of metal off the one directly underneath it but it's okay. I put the spring back onto the coil post and and now it pops in easily like it should. I do have a replacement spring on the way and haven't fired the handgun yet I'm a little nervous about it but I'm taking it to the range Saturday to see how it shoots. I'm pretty sure it'll be fine. Hope this helps you.

Valricogold said:

Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum and wanted to post a work around that help me. I'm having the same issues as everyone else, I bought my bodyguard 2.0 on Friday the 13th, probably should have known better. What I noticed is that in my case there was a small burr that was preventing the post from going back in and I couldn't get the recoil spring and post to get in no matter what I tried even had to pull down hard to kind of force it in. So what I did was I took the spring off the post I got a Dremel with a grinding wheel in about half speed a ground down where the burr was not too much being careful not to hit coils. Ultimately I did took a tiny bit of metal off the one directly underneath it but it's okay. I put the spring back onto the coil post and and now it pops in easily like it should. I do have a replacement spring on the way and haven't fired the handgun yet I'm a little nervous about it but I'm taking it to the range Saturday to see how it shoots. I'm pretty sure it'll be fine. Hope this helps you.

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Any chance you can share a photo of where exactly the burr was?

wachuko said:

Any chance you can share a photo of where exactly the burr was?

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Here you gu

Update

Took it to the range and ran 100 rounds through it. No jams, no misfires, no issues. It shoots great. Took it apart to look at it and pop the spring out and everything worked as it should. I hope this helps.

lunger said:

Trying to attach photos of the guide rod spring showing the spring overriding the flange. First one it is over flange . Second pushed back behind flange .

Once this is done mine goes in the slide with almost no pressure.

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I want to thank you for your information and your pictures. Once I was able to figure out how your pictures related to what I was seeing with my gun, I was able to see you were spot on. It went right into place and worked like a champ. Thanks again.

Noland2 said:

I got the replacement rod and spring today, 4 weeks after they offered to send it. It is worse than the one that came with the pistol.


The original is difficult to reassemble, the new one is all but impossible.

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Are you sure you are pushing the ejector down went reassembling slide to frame?

I'm hearing nothing but bad things about these guns. Glad I never bought one. I'll stick with Glocks and their undisputed reliability and simplicity.

I just picked up mine today after handling one about a month ago. I don’t remember that one being difficult to rack. My new one is almost too heavy for me. And mine has the recoil spring issue as well. Having second thoughts on this purchase.
And the ejector is kinda hard to push down prior to disassembly.

Jim Da said:

Today I cleaned and lubed my new BG2.0 prior to it's first trip to the range.

I've been working for an hour trying to get the guide rod & recoil spring back in. At this point, I've given up. I've watched several videos with no help

Any hints?

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I got mine yesterday and ran into the same thing. I found after about an hour of struggling that the rod wasn't fully seated and I had to wiggle it around a bit to get it to pop fully into place where it would allow me to depress it into the notch. Hope that helps.

Bodyguard 2.0 recoil spring issue

Spring went passed front holding nub. How do I compress the spring to put it back in place. Any suggestions greatly appreciated. Thanks

How did you remove the spring?

Valricogold said:

Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum and wanted to post a work around that help me. I'm having the same issues as everyone else, I bought my bodyguard 2.0 on Friday the 13th, probably should have known better. What I noticed is that in my case there was a small burr that was preventing the post from going back in and I couldn't get the recoil spring and post to get in no matter what I tried even had to pull down hard to kind of force it in. So what I did was I took the spring off the post I got a Dremel with a grinding wheel in about half speed a ground down where the burr was not too much being careful not to hit coils. Ultimately I did took a tiny bit of metal off the one directly underneath it but it's okay. I put the spring back onto the coil post and and now it pops in easily like it should. I do have a replacement spring on the way and haven't fired the handgun yet I'm a little nervous about it but I'm taking it to the range Saturday to see how it shoots. I'm pretty sure it'll be fine. Hope this helps you.

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How did you remove the spring? I am having a lot of trouble trying the get the spring off.

I was having the same problem reinserting the RSA as others, and after reading all these posts, I found what works for me. I can, as one poster suggested, snap the end of the spring back under the retaining cap and the RSA fits right in place. The other way, is rotate the RSA so that the end of the spring is adjacent the barrel, and then it snaps right in. I did this about a dozen times and it always works. Any other position or the end of the spring not under the retaining cap, it’s not sliding in at all.
As for commentary about “all these problems” and “nothing but bad commentary “ about this pistol and thus “will never buy a S&W product” that’s a bunch of hog wash.
The magazine is a non issue once the little bit of plastic is trimmed off the follower. Mine actually came out of the box without that extra plastic.
The difficulty of racking the slide…it’s too stiff. After a couple hundred rounds, it has eased up quite a bit.
The mags are too difficult to completely load! Both of my 9mm Shields were the same when new…getting last round it was near impossible. Now they load easy.
It shoots to the left! Mine did til I concentrated on hand and trigger control, and it will shoot POA at 15 yards…until I get lazy.
Seems like folks just can’t wait to �� on something new.

Recoil spring/guide-rod fix

I am new here on the forum and owner of a new Bodyguard 2.0. I love the handgun but am experiencing the same recoil spring problem being addressed here, easy to remove, but almost impossible to reinstall. I am 79 years old and although my hands have been working hands in years gone by, they are now only fit for caressing bare bosoms. I simply could not apply enough force with my fingers to reinsert the guide-rod and spring and accomplished it by placing the slide on a piece of plywood with the muzzle end against a piece 2x4”, then pressing the guide rod with a small piece of 1x1”. This, of course, was not right, or acceptable, so I called S&W requesting a new recoil spring. When I tried installing the new recoil spring/guide-rod the problem was the same.
Logically the problem would be with the guide-rod and spring, and not the slide as I’m sure the slides would all be machined the same way. Looking closely at the spring I could see that the end of the spring (muzzle end) was left exposed and not tucked under a retainer like the spring is on my P365. It also appeared that the center-end of the spring was not necessarily true to the end of the guide-rod.
Since I now had two recoil springs, I decided to try polishing the end of one of the springs with some very fine 220 grit sandpaper, turning it carefully by hand to polish the spring end turns, and then took a very fine file to the end of the spring to remove the bur and make sure that it did not protrude beyond where it should be.
I believe this at least partially addressed the problem as I could now force the spring in place with my fingers. I may work on this a little more and try applying a little gun grease to the muzzle end of the recoil spring/guide-rod assembly.
It’s a shame that S&W produced such a fine small handgun and had this problem out there because of a sloppily manufactured recoil spring/guide-rod assembly.