Loose Feed From Repeated Pulling

[leejo]

Hello,

 

I have a Pilot Prera here, and have repeatedly pulled the nib/feed out such that it's no longer snug. At times it may just drop out while filling the pen. Is there any safe solution for this? Thank you!

[Flounder]

If the section itself isn't too worn out, you could try replacing the feed. IIRC Pilot don't sell nibs/feeds separately, but you could buy a less expensive 78G or an even less expensive Wingsung 659 and try cannibalise its feed.
 
I hate to be 'Captain Hindsight' but other than that there's not a great deal you can do, and it will undoubtedly keep happening until you stop pulling the nib.
 
The nib and feed are a friction fit in the section, and just aren't designed to be repeatedly pulled. I see this kind of question getting asked more and more, no doubt due to the malign influence of reddit (some of the advice I read on reddit is just scarily clueless) and youtube.
 
There's a long sticky in the Parker thread about what to do after buying your first 51. I wish there was something similar about buying your first fountain pen period! There should be nothing routine about disassembly.
 

 

Edited July 24, 2016 by Flounder

[FarmBoy]

Why did the feed repeatedly get removed?

[leejo]

I had been trying to fix the nib previous. Haven't done so for my other Pilot pens just so you know. Hmmm. I have other feeds so I will probably do just that. Thanks!

[Flounder]

I'm mildy surprsied, I wouldn'tt have expected such wear just from nib work!

[leejo]

No I have been trying to fix it for months. Everytime I thought i fixed it, went to school and it wrote weird and awful again, and then I'm back at it again trying to fix it. After a while, I accepted it was a dud. And replaced it.

[Flounder]

Sorry to hear that - in that case, definitely look at the demonstrator wing sung 659. The package comes with both F and EF nibs in unplated steel, and the nibs & feeds should fit your Prera - I got lucky, both the EF and F had very well ground tipping!