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Okay, found a donor pen to rebuild a J Estie. How do I get the innards out? Thanks!

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Sorry, I should have been more clear. What I'm trying to remove is the Jbar and the piece that holds it in place.

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Nothing holds the j bar in the barrel except friction. I think the only way to get it out is to use a long pair of needle-nose pliers, grab the top of the bar and gently twist and pull. It will make some pretty horrendous sounds, but as far as I can tell, it doesn't damage the pen. Works for me!

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I don't know what set of needlenose you used John, but I tried a couple different sets (even a very small

set) and couldn't get them in there far enough to grab on. KC, what I use is a pair of hemostats. It helps

a bit to just lightly lift the fill lever to bring the end of the j-bar down so you can clamp on to it.

 

So that you can get it back in exactly the same spot you might want to do one of two things. I've done

both. Use the sharp edge of say a common bladed jewelers screw driver to scratch the inside of the barrel

lightly where the end of the j-bar is or cut a small strip of quadrile pad paper and use that to measure

how far down the barrel the end of the bar is. Some of my Esties also have a distinct mold line that runs

around the circumference of the inside of the barrel and sometimes I just note carefully where in relation

to that the end of the j-bar is.

 

(Per my good man Todd ;) ) You want to go ahead and clean that j-bar up if it needs it of any rust while

you have it out. With it out, squirt it with some WD-40 and hit it with some steel wool. Rinse it off with

rubbing alcohol, you don't want the hint of any WD-40 near the sac.

 

I use the "stats" to push the j-bar back in and the same common jewelers screwdriver for any minute

position adjustments.

 

HTH,

 

Bruce in Ocala, FL

 

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PS KC, it might help you to use some kind of rubber gripper material on the barrel and section when

getting them apart. What I use is cut up bicycle inner tube, I think it's thinner and tackier than motorcycle

tubes. Some use a rubber jar lid getter offer and I saw a post recently where someone said they used

a cut up toy balloon, that sure sounded like an imaginative option to me!

 

Recently here, Ron Z HIGHLY STRESSED using dry heat. If you don't have a hairdyer, what works for me

too is to put the pen about 6-8" away from a 60 watt light bulb for 10-15 minutes until it is just barely warm

to the touch. Ron's point is you are much less likely to crack a warmed up barrel. Also, leave the nib in

the section if you are twisting hard at all on it. That will prevent you from caving in the section.

 

Bruce in Ocala, FL

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You guys are great! Got the bar out of the old one [Dad used to be a machinist and I have a lot of his old tools] popped it in the Blue one, the Grey one had a damaged nib that I straightened out, used it, popped the new sac on, inked it up and "et voila" it works and writes wonderfully! Okay, now I've got J's in Blue, Red, Dark Green, Black [on the way] and Root Beer. Gotta find some more and then the SJ in Blue will need some company..........eek.

And if anyone needs a silver gray J body shell with good jewel, let me know.

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