That's one thing I did not try, moving the collar from one to another. Will try that tonight, plus look hard at the mating surface of extractor rod and Ejector star. Looked at the inside of the yoke and it did not get plated. The Ejector star is still in blue, but the ejector rod is plated on the outside, so the plating may have got on the bottom of it changing the geometry of the parts.

In regards to sending it to a gunsmith, it's not bad enough to spend money on, plus I love to tinker and if I can't fix it, the guns still works with it the way it is.

Not going to sell the gun, the only reason I bought it is, its the only Smith I own made in my birth year. So it was always be my (or my Heirs) problem.