Dan Wesson take down?

[DaFadda]

+10 to what Mike says above. If you need a bushing wrench... PM me or him... I have several. But you should be able to move the bushing by hand. Just let someone know... THAT is what this forum is about, and why we all come here.

Da

[Grizzman]

There's a chance that the full length guide rod has been replaced with a GI style guide rod.

This may explain why the rod is solid with knurling and no place for a hex key to be inserted. Are you able to press what you call the guide rod inwards with your finger?

A photo wouldn't hurt, either.

[Riverpigusmc]

I don't own a DW, but the only way you'd need an allen on the guide rod is if it was a two piece...and if you can't see where the allen goes, it probably isn't..just try taking it down like a standard guide rod

[Hoss in IL]

If it's a full length guide rod with no allen head on the end, which would mean it's a two piece guide rod, then you have a one piece full length guide rod.

Here's what I'd do to disassemble, if it was me.....

Flip you thumb safety off, check to make sure it's unloaded (magazine also removed), push the slide rearward until your slide stop lines up with the takedown notch in the slide, push your slide stop out, flip the pistol upside down, slide your slide forward and off of the frame (be sure to keep your recoil spring captured with your hand). Pull the rod and spring past the barrel link. With the spring pressure off the bushing, it's easy/easier to rotate the bushing with your thumb.

Hope that helps.

ETA: Just saw 's post. He's right. Could have been replaced with a GI set up. If you can push the plunger in past the bushing with your finger, you don't have a full length guide rod. You can still take it apart like I described and not need a bushing wrench.

[SCORPIO]

OK took off the slide and it is a one piece guide rod. Gun isn't dirty so I didn't take it down any further. NOW how do I get the @#$% slide stop back in? I can get it to go ALMOST all the way but then it hangs up. Do I need it aligned with the take down notch or the slide stop notch?

[SCORPIO]

Never mind, got it. I just had to fiddle with the alignment on the take down notch and it pushed right in.

[MajO]

Glad it worked out. With increased age has come some arthritis and neuropathy in my hands. I have found Alchemy's 1911 Disassembly tool to be a great help in taking down my 1911's. They have different sizes for different calibers and different thickness bushings, upon request.



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Best wishes.

[SCORPIO]

I like that tool, it certainly is more robust than those little plastic wrenches.