Almost all of my builds use long single lugs. I have had no problems with them and in fact I think they tend to dampen rod whip. Personally I don't care for the appearance of lugs and a long one can be worked into the design so it doesn't stand out as much--at least not as a lug. All of my Interceptors use a full length square lug on the spine and for internal lugs you just about have to use single long units to avoid alignment problems and binding.As far as the problem of binding goes, I oversize the lug just a bit so it slides smoothly but you just can't beat a nice true rod to solve that problem. I do like to polish my rod with a handful of wax paper. It keeps the oxidation down and smooths out the surface.--H