Creative "live with" stuck seatpost solutions?
03-31-07, 07:16 AM
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I assume it's a AL seat post in a steel frame?
If so, then I say try the easy route longer before attempting the harsher routes listed above.
Remove the bottom bracket entirely and pour ammonia down the seat tube through the BB opening and let set upside down for a few days, then drain and retry loosening it.
Obviously follow all cautions on the ammonia bottle to protect your eyes and hands etc, and don't breath while pouring the contents or when draining it.
If so, then I say try the easy route longer before attempting the harsher routes listed above.
Remove the bottom bracket entirely and pour ammonia down the seat tube through the BB opening and let set upside down for a few days, then drain and retry loosening it.
Obviously follow all cautions on the ammonia bottle to protect your eyes and hands etc, and don't breath while pouring the contents or when draining it.
03-31-07, 07:54 PM
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I had tried the ammonia route before first posting. No dice. Unfortunately, with these fluted posts, you can't fill the post with liquid upside down. I assume the moisture that enters through the fluting is at least part of the reason they get so firmly stuck.
After reading this post, I was hoping that maybe I'd find thinner walls on mine. Nope. Mine has walls just as thick as in the photo from the prior thread. The walls are 5/16" thick, and the space in the middle is too small for a hacksaw blade. Looks like I'll be drilling next.
Originally Posted by vpiuva
The walls of that post are much thicker than my 2 LaPrades. To be able to get a wedge out is going to require a large kerf. Good luck if you try, maybe you can be the first.
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03-31-07, 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by GCRyder
After reading this post, I was hoping that maybe I'd find thinner walls on mine. Nope. Mine has walls just as thick as in the photo from the prior thread. The walls are 5/16" thick, and the space in the middle is too small for a hacksaw blade. Looks like I'll be drilling next.
Quite a challange this one. Drill it out untill it's large enough to get that blade down inside. Sawing is going to take a while. At least you can cut toward the flutes which will help from hitting the seat tube.
04-01-07, 05:41 AM
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That's quite some beast... enough material for 3 seatposts and a half an aeroplane
Good luck. (Make sure the heat of the drilling doesn't bubble the paint-I'd think that may be a possibility.)
Good luck. (Make sure the heat of the drilling doesn't bubble the paint-I'd think that may be a possibility.)
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Originally Posted by LóFarkas
That's quite some beast... enough material for 3 seatposts and a half an aeroplane
Good luck. (Make sure the heat of the drilling doesn't bubble the paint-I'd think that may be a possibility.)
Good luck. (Make sure the heat of the drilling doesn't bubble the paint-I'd think that may be a possibility.)
