Thanks krazykuda! I actually went through and loosened the caps and it made a massive difference, i noticed that a few of them looked really beatup to the point where i had to knock out the rod bolts to get the caps off. Im considering going with the eagle rods, i feel like if i try to reuse these that it is going to be a shortcut and i dont want to compromise this build in any way.
66fs, i did rotate them after i installed them, the odd sides were fine but when i got into the even sides especially 6 and 8 thats where it all went south.
Thanks!
Jake