Received my Tesoro Silver Sabre uMax the other day, it is in great working condition but it was dirty & the lower rod was setup in the upper rod. I cleaned it up but there is still alot of friction when trying push the lower rod into the upper rod (to fit it in my detector case). I can push the lower rod into the upper rod easily about 1/2 way then it gets very hard too push. I believe that one of the rods isn't perfectly straight. I know I can buy a new lower rod but $26.00 plus shipping is alot of $$$ for a piece of plastic. Hoping that someone has one they can part with for less money. Please let me know at my email address sprice@premierwireless.us Thanks! Steve.