Thanks Simon. I did run a oxy acetylene tip cleaner through them all but never gave them a 3rd chance. I have a set of gold ones coming with the next kit. I will run the tip cleaners through all of them before I fit them. I have 3 other guitars with them and never had a problem.
Do you know if this is the correct way to have the offset for the strings to go through? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba7uEeMgR40