Do I recall a person using a dowel through the hole and into the spring to help guide the guide rod properly into the hole.
Seems like it would work. I've never had an issue myself, so must be a technique?
In Memory of Paul "Dietrich" Stines.
Dad: Say something nice to your cousin Shirley
Dietrich: For a fat girl you sure don't sweat much.
Cue sound of Head slap.
RIP Muggsy & TMan
"If you are a warrior legally authorized to carry a weapon and you step outside without that weapon, then you become a sheep, pretending that JOCKO will not come today."