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Hoomin Bean! Something that might help with the "clunkyness" of the spit rod, is to get a counter weight. I have been experimenting with this lately with somewhat decent results, though at loads about 2.5 pounds the benefits are negligable. Below this weight though it takes away any annoying clunking sounds.

I'll have to repost later with a link to it since I have to go deliver some coffee right now.