Longines 9l rusted pallet fork help

[Joeydwatchmaker]

Hello everyone, I have a Nice long Jean watch with an 8L movement that got rust on it. I have a spare movement that had a broken pallet fork. The pallet fork in the original has some rust on the pivots but it does swing. I'd like to transfer the pallet fork to my nice donor movement. The question is is it safe to put the pallet fork into a rust remover solution, will it hurt the shellac on the pallets. What would you guys recommend I do to use the pallet fork.

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[oldhippy]

Depends what rust remover you are going to use. Have you tried using a very fine small emery stick or the cloth. If the rust is only surface you could also try a fiber glass scratch brush, but if its embedded your best bet is a replacement. 

[StuartBaker104]

If you can't clean the pivots, you can get a new pallet from eBay 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Longines-Genuine-Material-Pallet-Complete-Part-6-for-Longines-Cal-8L/371593848051?_trksid=p999999.c100623.m-1&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160323102634%26meid%3D89193ddea6964ce2a9ecc1ed2c92059c%26pid%3D100623%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D182154693290

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[Joeydwatchmaker]

Thank you all

Very much

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