What it comes down to is a manufacturing defect. See how the cut line of the rod on right is lower than the good rod on the left? I pitched my case to real street, real street contacted manley and manley sent me a new rod with a return shipping label for the old one. Pretty sweet seeing as I bought these a year ago!! Crap part is I had them weight matched and mass balanced right? So I must bring them back and have them match this rod to the rest. :(.