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Can someone (Brian, you listening? ;) ) tell me what kind of j-bar goes in the standard double jewel J? I picked up a rather nice blue J Estie at a flea market today. Original sac is prestine, but the j-bar was broken at the top of the curve. So I swung by http://www.fountainpenhospital.com/ to price a new bar, but I'm not sure which size it takes, or how to put it in for that matter. Help!

 

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I got one from Woodbin, and they told me 54 mm. is the right size. I had no problem fitting it in; you just need to be sure to get the bar directly under the lever. Then press it in with something long and narrow.

 

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I see Woodbin is cheaper too, thanks.

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I just bought an Estie J Double Jewel and cleaned it up. My question is, how far inside the barrel should the J-bar and the plastic support it mounts on go in? Or, when you pull the lever, at what angle should the lever be for it to reach the stop on the J-bar?

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I just bought an Estie J Double Jewel and cleaned it up. My question is, how far inside the barrel should the J-bar and the plastic support it mounts on go in? Or, when you pull the lever, at what angle should the lever be for it to reach the stop on the J-bar?

 

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If by the plastic support you are referring to is the sac support (my name--Brian is there an official name?) it should have a small tab on the bottom that locks it into the spring groove that secures the lever. Once that is fixed in place, push your J-bar in to the back of the support.

 

In pens without the sac support, there should be a small plastic or rubber spacer that goes in the barrel first, the J-bar rests against this as the stop.

 

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Thanks Todd. That's what I meant - the sac and spring support, which is removeable. I locked the J-bar on the support's groove. But, how far down the pen barrel should I slide that support?

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