I had to pull it back out with some needle nose pliers. no burrs or nicks. I put the Comp Cam rod in my calipers and spun it around- perfectly round. Did the same to the Mancini unit-it is not perfectly round. Granted I may be splitting hairs here but we are talking about engine parts. And since I have a couple of 440's I had bought two Mancini rods since it's always good to have a spare. The second one is even worse.