Hell yes everything I buy new gets the "Princess auto Brake cleaner " treatment before anything to remove all the crap and grease. Then full lube and usually good to goJeffman had mentioned that he had trouble with his recoil spring tube plug getting loose. Maybe take your recoil pad off and have a look that its on tight. May not hurt to give the recoil tube a cleaning while your in there, although I found it doesn't come apart that easily. If that's the case, try sticking an aerosol cleaning/lube extension in and hosing it out while its assembled, will clean and lube it up a bit. Not saying that's the cause, but is something to check.