<HTML>In a message dated 2/8/03= 6:31:27 AM Pacific Standard Time, tune4@earthlink.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-= LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Don't the centerpins run th= rough bushing cloth just like any other action?  I don't understand why= the plastic has anything to do with the sluggishness of the centers.  = Maybe reaming for a little more clearance might be a better solution.  = Lubrication may not be the answer to overly tight fitting pins. Paul Chick </BLOCKQUOTE> Yes, they do run through cloth.  And I'm as baffled as anyone as to= why lubrication doesn't seem to work on plastic when it has worked practica= lly every time with wood centers.  It's happened on numerous occasions = with plastic, not just once or twice.   In most situations I've seen, with wood, you can take a very tight cente= r, use CLP or some other such lube, and the center is virtually free, if onl= y temporarily.  Almost every plastic part I've seen that has been even = slightly tight has been virtually unaffected by the introduction of lubrican= ts.   I am not making a judgement here, just offering what I've experienced to= the list, thinking that maybe somebody knows something that I don't(well, t= hat's a given...:-). Dave</HTML>