Guide rod

A guide rod, for guiding two subsea components together, the guide rod (10) being able to be both inserted and locked into a receptacle (20) on one (30) of the two subsea components. The guide rod comprises an element (100), the element (100) being substantially hollow and cylindrical, the element (100) comprising a first circumferential shoulder (110) towards a first end (102), a second circumferential shoulder (120) towards an opposite second end (104), and a plurality of openings (130), each opening (130) extending radially through the element (100) and extending axially along the element (100) opening up the element (100) from the first end (102) to the second circumferential shoulder (120), the plurality of openings (130) forming elongate flexible sections (140) of the element (100), and extending through the first circumferential shoulder (110); a wedge (200), the wedge (200) being inside the element (100) and substantially cylindrical and comprising a cone shaped section (210), the wedge (200) being restricted from rotating relative to the element (100) and comprising an end (202) being outside of the element (100); a cone (300), the cone (300) being connected to the end (202) of the wedge (200), and the cone (300) being cone shaped with a vertex (310) pointing away from the element (100); and a mechanism (400) for moving the wedge (200) axially relative to the element (100) in an insertion direction (50), and opposite the insertion direction (50), of the guide rod.