Question for those with G19 guide rods in their SDVEs

[Nakanokalronin]

Would a factory G19 plastic spring assembly work? I tried an extra assembly for my G19 in my SD9VE and it seems like it would work just fine. I'm not sure about the spring weight difference though.

Are you guys changing to a steel assembly because of failures? I've read of a few Glock and SD9VE spring assembly failures, but I've never experienced them myself.

 

[40s&w]

I personally swapped mine out for aesthetic reasons, and also because my stock plastic guide rod had a slight curve in it. Don't think it would cause any failures, but it would always be on my mind and drive me crazy.

 

[Steve912]

If that was the case, wouldn't the slide wear out the plastic guide rod?

Plastic flexes, steel doesn't.

You did say you noticed 'a bend' in your OEM plastic rod, no?

That, or the slide may mildly shave the plastic rod to a tolerance point
and no more. With steel on steel, there will be a different outcome.

 

[Steve912]

Somewhere, a while back, I believe there were some posts about wear where the rod goes through the front of the slide.

Check for slide/rod contact with slide fully retracted, when the spring guide gets an upward tilt.

I don't know if it's a problem with these guns, but it definitely happens on other pistols with plastic OEM rods, when people swap em out for steel.