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Old 04-17-14 | 12:22 PM
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jmeb
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From: Denver, CO

Bikes: 1966 Carlton, 197X MKM, 1983 Trek 620, 1988 Schwinn High Sierra, 1995 DBR Axis Ti, 1999 Waterford, 2016 DBR Release, 2017 Surly Travelers Check

Feel your pain. I am working through my first stuck seat post (aluminium post stuck in steel frame) and it is driving me bonkers. Thus far I've tried:

1. Regular old oil soak. That was naive.
2. Liquid wrench. No go.
3. PB Blaster, through the top, through the water-bottle braze ons, through the bottom bracket. Not even a twist.
4. Big wrench on the saddle clamp. It slipped a bit on twisting--but only the clamp not the seat post.
5. Seat clamp/post in bench vice and rotate. Just slipped the seat clamp around and around in the seat post.
6. Crc-Freeze off from both ends + big pipe wrench (seat post is already trashed). Still haven't rotated it a bit.

So I guess the only options left are 1) ammonia soak 2) dry ice and 3) a hacksaw.

Other idears?
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