1988 Schwinn Le Tour seat post
05-14-24, 05:50 PM
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1988 Schwinn Le Tour seat post
Ive got an 88 le tour and the seat post that came out was a 26.6 (sr). Ive got a nice zero set 26.4 and i can feel that tiny bit of slop in it before tightening it down. I might be ok tightening it as there is a pretty good gap on the clamp yet but it should probably have a shim. Do the make a shim to take up that little of slack or is it beer can time?
05-15-24, 07:54 AM
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FWIW - my last attempt with a can shim was a fail. The surface of the can was too smooth and no amount of tightening or roughing up the can surface achieved the goal. I spent $20 on a Kalloy post and called it good.
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Ditto.
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I've had good luck with shims, it's free to try and won't hurt anything.
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