wdfwguy Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 I just picked up a used Shadow 2 and took it to the range last week, and everything ran great. Yesterday, I was going to try it out with an S2 slide milled for a dot (CZC/RDS). When I put the new slide on, it wouldn't rack. Took it off and on a few times, same result. I put the original slide back on, now IT won't cycle. Without the slide stop, the slide racks back and forth perfectly. I only have the one S2 frame and slide stop to try, but I don't see anything obviously wrong. And I'm lining up the slide/frame correctly when I'm inserting the slide stop. I'm at a loss... Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yigal Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Make sure that a guide rod sits in the right place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdfwguy Posted June 9, 2020 Author Share Posted June 9, 2020 I put the guide rod in the way I always do. I've even tried a different guide rod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yigal Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 In case you have missing a piece of metal from the frame on right side? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ck1 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 4 hours ago, wdfwguy said: I just picked up a used Shadow 2 and took it to the range last week, and everything ran great. Yesterday, I was going to try it out with an S2 slide milled for a dot (CZC/RDS). When I put the new slide on, it wouldn't rack. Took it off and on a few times, same result. I put the original slide back on, now IT won't cycle. Without the slide stop, the slide racks back and forth perfectly. I only have the one S2 frame and slide stop to try, but I don't see anything obviously wrong. And I'm lining up the slide/frame correctly when I'm inserting the slide stop. I'm at a loss... Any thoughts? Wow, that is a weird one... Long shot here: but you might try wiggling and/or playing with the safety levers, moving them around a bit (in/out), and then see if you can get it to allow the slide to behave normally (I'd try this with the original slide that was working fine first) and see what you get..? ...I have heard of guys finding out the hard way that sometimes the safeties with certain CZ's don't always play nice-nice with every slide until they're in the exact place to let the slides ride through the channels in the safety's post that goes through the sear cage and frame horizontally... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdfwguy Posted June 9, 2020 Author Share Posted June 9, 2020 1 minute ago, ck1 said: Wow, that is a weird one... Long shot here: but you might try wiggling and/or playing with the safety levers, moving them around a bit (in/out), and then see if you can get it to allow the slide to behave normally (I'd try this with the original slide that was working fine first) and see what you get..? ...I have heard of guys finding out the hard way that sometimes the safeties with certain CZ's don't always play nice-nice with every slide until they're in the exact place to let the slides ride through the channels in the safety's post that goes through the sear cage and frame horizontally... Thanks, I'll try that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ck1 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 2 hours ago, wdfwguy said: Thanks, I'll try that No problem, hope it works out. Also FWIW, checking to make sure that the trigger bar spring is still riding under the trigger bar correctly, and isn't jammed between the trigger bar and the frame might be another thing to take a look at, because that could muck everything up....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdfwguy Posted June 10, 2020 Author Share Posted June 10, 2020 I looked at it again last night, and I noticed there was no tension on the slide stop. It looks like the spring isn't dropping into the notch on the slide stop. I put in a slide stop from an older SP01, and the slide cycled normally. I don't understand at all, because I shot it a few days earlier and it was running perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ck1 Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 17 minutes ago, wdfwguy said: I looked at it again last night, and I noticed there was no tension on the slide stop. It looks like the spring isn't dropping into the notch on the slide stop. I put in a slide stop from an older SP01, and the slide cycled normally. I don't understand at all, because I shot it a few days earlier and it was running perfectly. Very weird... Maybe the slide-stop spring got bent a little somehow when swapping slides? Maybe bend it or play with it a bit so it goes back to normal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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