Bodyguard 2.0 guide rod & recoil spring....

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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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Oh man, I just joined the forum today. On mine, it does not go into place like a guide rod has traditionally for me. The shelf it sits on under the barrel lock up lug is not super pronounced and it is almost balanced in there. ��‍♂️ Took me a bit to trust it the next time I went to the range.������
 
2.0 recoil spring

Mine will simply not go in. Called S&W and they said they had a bunch of replacement springs on order but had no idea when they would be in. I broke my own rule of not buying a newly released model until all the bugs were located. S&W Customer Service sucks by the way.
 
It is hard but this is what works for me: place the slide nose down on a rag or towel with barrel in the slide. Place the spring into the opening of the slide first …..then Dig two pointer fingers into the spring and pull hard in a downward motion as if to compress the spring while placing thumb pressure against the spring until it pops in place. It really takes both hands
 
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Bodyguard 2.0

Rider 1300, I was hoping your idea would work but I don't have the hand strength to do it. The spring will just not budge.
I know this is a new gun but does anyone know of a company that makes replacement springs for guns?
The S&W rep told me they are still manufacturing and sending out new guns to the dealers but when I asked if they could take one of the recoils springs destined for a new gun and send it to me you would have thought I asked for one of his kidneys. He had absolutely no idea when the springs would be in for the customers who's money they already have nor would he advise why they can't create a notification list for the people waiting on their parts so they can at least feel like they may get to shoot their new gun some time in the future. Sorry guys, just really really disappointed.
 
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.
 
The amount of spring compression needed to seat the RSA on the ledge of the barrel is so small on my BG 2.0 that it almost goes in with zero effort. If you didn't know better you would swear it's not seated properly. I'm wondering if something other than the spring is causing the difficulty some people are experiencing.
 
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 am sorry to hear that it didn’t work for you. Two things I would do next is bring it back where you bought it and ask the proprietor To put it in place. Then have him rack the gun and leave it in the racked position for several days ……..that may loosen the spring a bit…………I must say though Im a bit surprised at how hard the gun is to rack; even with all the cuts in the slide it’s very small and not much to hold onto.
 
Mine had the same issue. I just took the barrel out of lock up and moved it till I could get the spring in the slot where is should go. Then I moved the barrel with the spring down into its position. The spring was still sitting in the slide on the muzzle end where its suppose to go the whole time.
 
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Me too

My Bodyguard 2.0 did the same thing. The end of the spring was coming past the lip. On my second range trip the slide jammed in place. When I finally got it open and disassembled the large spring had become "un-captive", i.e. was completely free out past the end of the guide rod.
 
I just called S&W customer service about this and he said they would send me a new spring. Now the wait begins.
 
I know better than to be an early adopter but I grabbed one of these. Should have done more research. I haven't done a takedown yet, but from what I've been reading it may be a challenge to get it back together.

It is hard as hell to rack though. I've read some people say it eases up after 500-1000 rnds, and some others say it doesn't. I will just have to find out for myself.
 
Cyclopius said:
I know better than to be an early adopter but I grabbed one of these. Should have done more research. I haven't done a takedown yet, but from what I've been reading it may be a challenge to get it back together.

It is hard as hell to rack though. I've read some people say it eases up after 500-1000 rnds, and some others say it doesn't. I will just have to find out for myself.
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I suspect the strong recoil spring is necessary due to the super slim and lightweight slide.
 
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.
 
Maybe I can un baffle it a little.

Good video when every thing works as it should . I would think most if not all already know this. When yours works great it is easy to assume the problem lies with the user.

To get the recoil assembly to "click in" it is necessary to push it forward into the slide slightly .

If you look at the photos in my above post (although not the best ) the front of the spring over rides the flange on the front. When in this position on mine anyway "the back edge will not click in"

As I said above if I push the front edge of the spring behind the flange on the front of the rod it goes right together. So far it hasn't caused any other problems and no big deal to do this to re assemble as long as it doesn't get any worse .

If Smith is sending out replacements they must know about the issue.
 
Reading all these issues with the new BG, and the issues I had with the new 10mm 2.0, and a 45 2.0 I've learned my lesson to stay away from S&W from now on.

My 9mm 2.0 had terrible accuracy until I fit an apex barrel in it, and it also had light primer strikes until I installed a 6lb glock striker spring.

I runs like a thief now and has 4500 trouble free rds on it.

Sad when you buy a new firearm now days and have to replace parts out of the box to get it functioning correctly.

All 6 of my HK's along with 2 Walthers, and some Glocks and 1911's have been flawless out of the box.

Common S&W!!! Get with the program!!
 
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Maybe I can un baffle it a little.

Good video when every thing works as it should . I would think most if not all already know this. When yours works great it is easy to assume the problem lies with the user.

To get the recoil assembly to "click in" it is necessary to push it forward into the slide slightly .

If you look at the photos in my above post (although not the best ) the front of the spring over rides the flange on the front. When in this position on mine anyway "the back edge will not click in"

As I said above if I push the front edge of the spring behind the flange on the front of the rod it goes right together. So far it hasn't caused any other problems and no big deal to do this to re assemble as long as it doesn't get any worse .

If Smith is sending out replacements they must know about the issue.
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I somehow missed your pics first time through. Looks like the forward end of the flat wound spring is very poorly done, allowing it to pop-out from under the flange at the end of the rod. Sloppy work.
 
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