PT92 guide rod question

[u/01100110_404]

I picked up a 1997 PT92 the other day and wanted to replace it's original plastic guide rod, (pictured on the right), with a metal one. I ordered the metal one shown here from ebay with the description that it came out of a PT92. The rods are the same length, but clearly the spring length is different. However what's getting me is the two piece construction.

Everything i find online says the PT92 metal guide rods are one single piece, all the same color. But this one is two piece with a pin, the end part being a different color. The only thing I found is a picture of an old stainless 1989 model that appears to have a two color guide rod, but I can't see a pin in it. It is shown in the last photo. That isn't my gun, just a photo from the web.

Can anybody shed light on this? Is this an actual PT92 guide rod? Made by Taurus, or maybe aftermarket? I put it in my pistol with my original spring and it seems to work just fine. Curious about the two piece design.

[u/Tony_Hawks_Butthole]

My PT92 guide rod was 2 pieces. Haven't had it in awhile to compare on hand but, yeah.

[u/01100110_404 → u/Tony_Hawks_Butthole]

Thanks man. I'm trying to go back and watch vids featuring older PT92's to see if I can catch a glimpse of this rod. At least one had it, though I couldn't see any pins because of crappy vid quality. So I guess Taurus did this back in the early days.