jr statesman fits fountain nibholder but not rollerball nibholder?

[Nickfff]

Hello,
I have had this happen occasionally but thought i would ask if anyone else figured out how to fix...

I have a jr stateman and the fountain nib fits snuggley. I tried to change to a rollerball nib and it would not fit at all.

It seems that the plastic thread inside the cap may have "buckled". I was thinking of trying to drill/bore but didn't want to jeopardize destroying the pen.

anyone else have any other thoughts on how to fix this?

thx

 

[marcruby]

I'd like to know too. I have a vague theory that I could salvage the threads from the body and use those to lock onto the cap threads and push the whole thing out, but I've yet to try that out.

Marc

 

[Nickfff]

Marc,
my experience is that it is very hard to remove the black plastic sleeve once in. In fact the only way I have found it to work sometimes....is to remove the ferrel/top with a punch then..use a similar sized punch-very close in tolerance to the tube and try to bang it out the plastic sleeve...

my hope is to find a fix w/o taking the cap apart/removing the plastic sleeve...

 

[sparhawk]

I tried using the body threads to grab onto the plastic sleeve and knock it out. Threads broke off just above the body threads. Also tried knocking it out with a punch and all that did was screw up the end of the plastic piece away from the threads.:frown: So if i can glue the broken piece back in i guess i have a Jr. Statesman for my personel use.