You have to be very carefully with dirty holes. Usually smelly too. Always do the 2 finger test before sticking anything else in a hole.

man o man some funny sht. push rod must slid in and out smoothly, no bind. tube could be out of round new or old ck. it out.

Haven't you guys ever heard of soap and water. Regardless if its dirty or not it should be cleaned.

And also keep in mind that if your rod has a bend in it it might not slide into the hole smoothly.

I knew the comments would come when I commented on a dirty hole .But a dirty hole is better than no hole

2 ea. of his or her own choice, prefer, clean, tight and not worn out, lol

Found the problem, I dipped my whole rod in assembly lube which made the hole a little to snug for the rod to slide into.I pulled my rod out cleaned it up and just a little lube on the tip made slide in nice!!

man these threads deteriorate quickly