Houston we have movement(my first ever stuck seatpost)
01-27-14, 03:31 PM
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01-27-14, 03:38 PM
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Bloody hell...where did you get that spike???
01-27-14, 03:54 PM
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01-27-14, 04:07 PM
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If that post didn't break from the torque you put on the hole you created (which is fricken amazing looking btw), you didn't have enough of a challenge!
01-27-14, 04:17 PM
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Jeez, do you kill vampires for a living?
01-27-14, 04:50 PM
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If you didn't mind destroying the post, would a pipe wrench not have worked?
01-27-14, 04:59 PM
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Amazing how little corrosion it takes to freeze a post or stem...for all the effort you'd have figured rust would be coming off in deep flakes.
01-27-14, 05:07 PM
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I've rarely had a steel post get stuck in a steel frame.
I do have a Schwinn Twinn Sport tandem though with a stoker post that got pushed down into the area of the seattube where the lateral stays are welded on.
I am thinking of welding a square tube across the top of the stuck steel post, and hitting it upward with a hammer, to in effect pull it out.
I do have a Schwinn Twinn Sport tandem though with a stoker post that got pushed down into the area of the seattube where the lateral stays are welded on.
I am thinking of welding a square tube across the top of the stuck steel post, and hitting it upward with a hammer, to in effect pull it out.
01-27-14, 05:15 PM
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Now I know what else I can use my vampire killing kit on.....
01-27-14, 05:29 PM
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It'll buff out.
Congratulations Jerry!
Congratulations Jerry!
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01-27-14, 07:02 PM
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I assume the shaky photos are from exhaustion after muscling that thing out of there.
01-27-14, 08:11 PM
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Seems once something get accidentally uploaded, it can't be removed. By me anyway. It's a somewhat rare species of passion vine. I'll be able to id it when it flowers.
01-27-14, 08:13 PM
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Might have. But I would have to have a pipe wrench in order to find out. I tend to lean more toward the brute force school though, anyway.
01-27-14, 08:19 PM
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I like your style! Where were you and Von Helsing Spike last week when I needed you with a stuck post? Jim
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That's actually pretty cool. But how do you know it's rare if you don't know what it is?
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01-28-14, 10:35 AM
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I'm a bit of a passion vine guy.
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Nice work, but put that stake back where you found it before the next train comes along!
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Interesting thread for me as for the first time I have a stuck seat post I have not been able to remove
after successfully removing dozens of problem ones.
With mine I am suspecting someone hammered in a too large post. I can see no signs of rust.
I used a pipe wrench and bench vice but cannot get it to budge. Bent top of post with wrench applying lots of torque.
Thinking now I will drill hole in post and try something like OP.
What's the technique to actually saw the thing without messing up seat tube?
after successfully removing dozens of problem ones.
With mine I am suspecting someone hammered in a too large post. I can see no signs of rust.
I used a pipe wrench and bench vice but cannot get it to budge. Bent top of post with wrench applying lots of torque.
Thinking now I will drill hole in post and try something like OP.
What's the technique to actually saw the thing without messing up seat tube?
01-28-14, 12:21 PM
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WOW
Stuck seatposts SUCK
I have spent maybe 4-6 hours literally SAWING twin lengthwise cuts in those SOBs-
hacksaw blade with handle
Yeah tried heat -ammonia- banging it in deeper to get it loose(usually doesn't work so well)-penetrating oil EVERYTHING
Finally sawed-carefully-zillion strokes-my hands still ache.
Stuck seatposts SUCK
I have spent maybe 4-6 hours literally SAWING twin lengthwise cuts in those SOBs-
hacksaw blade with handle
Yeah tried heat -ammonia- banging it in deeper to get it loose(usually doesn't work so well)-penetrating oil EVERYTHING
Finally sawed-carefully-zillion strokes-my hands still ache.