Do we have a 3/16th problem?

I should have brought this up here, earlier, but better late than never. I don't fly a lot of rockets that use 3/16ths rods, but that's been slowly changing over the last few launches. In both July and August I experienced launch lug binding - with a number of different rockets - on one of the club's 3/16" rods. Even after a thorough scrub, the rod still seemed to bind. The others that were set up seemed fine. 

In this last launch pad 4 was "the good rod". Pad 6 gave me the binding issue. Has anyone else run into this? I'd be happy to pack my calipers and bring 'em along tomorrow for some testing. Maybe we've got one rod that's just a shade fat? Thoughts? Observations?

--Rob

Great. If I run into the issue again, I'll give folks a heads-up on site.

My Little Joe II had its launch lugs ripped off during launch off of a 3/16 inch rod, and it was right after it was "sanded and cleaned".  So yah, I guess I've had issues with the rod, and since it was being worked on, I suspect it's the rod in question.

I'm sorry, my Little Joe II went off of a 1/4 inch rod.  The lugs coming off was most likely due to using model glue on the lugs instead of epoxy.  Guess the glue could not handle the G's of an E30.