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Old 05-06-22, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Andy_K
From the rear



The grey gunk on there seems to have been plumber's putty, BTW. The whole slot was filled with it.

Reaming does seem to be in order here, and I believe @gugie has the correct tool for that. I'm just trying to decide if I should try to do something about the extra width first.
Reamers are standing by.

There's a proper looking 26.6 seatpost on the big auction site right now. I'd like some feedback from others who might have done this before on equivalent seat tube. Don't want to get that area too thin.
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