NEED Help - Glock Reassembly problem

[Randy Harris]

Originally Posted by dickmadison

sbeckman, it appears to be the same as my G26...but I will check again.

Randy, how would the recoil spring be the problem? Maybe I can try to diagnose it if I know what to look for.

Glad you got it fixed.

The most common thing is that people do not get the spring/guide rod assembly exactly in the cutout on the barrel the way it is supposed to go. If it is not sitting exactly flush in the groove, then it won't go back together easily.

But that obviously was not the problem here.

[WIG19]

Originally Posted by Randy Harris

The most common thing is that people do not get the spring/guide rod assembly exactly in the cutout on the barrel the way it is supposed to go. If it is not sitting exactly flush in the groove, then it won't go back together easily.

True indeed. And even if just separating slide & frame to "look around" people need to make pushing that spring back up all the way into its cutout part of their muscle memory. It needs to be all the way in its reassembly cutout - even though it immediately drops back down the first time you rack it after assembly.