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oldskoolg60:
Currently building up a Raleigh burner, was going to be for me but cant justify damaging it , so im going to hand it down to my son once its finished, which leaves a void that needs to be filled.
[size=150]The Raleigh burner[/size]




 So searching on ebay i found a Haro frame that had the seat post jammed in the seatpost tube, £10 later it was mine. There are various ways to un stick a seat post, so in order of easiness (damage limitation) I tackled it. First off, clamped in a vice and liberal amounts of GT85 (like WD40 but miles better), then try to twist it. This didnt work, so an electric heat gun to heat up the seatpost tube, still no movement, this is with me and the boss twisting the frame in the vice.  :mmm:
Next up was proper heat with a butane torch. still nothing as the seatpost tube is steel and the seatpost is Aluminium which expands more than the steel so it jammed up more. :doh:
 Next I cut off the top of the seatpost and used a hacksaw blade to cut down inside the seatpost, half an hour later still nothing.



 so final resort was clamp it in a  machine vice and use a pillar drill to drill the seatpost out, which worked  :thumb:  :thumb:  :thumb:  :D  :tongue:



 Then ream it to get a smooth finish. :love:



 Next up I will be sourcing some forks and will slowly build the bike up.
Also made some adaptors as the older wheels have a 10mm axle and the drop outs on the rear of this frame are 14mm.

rooski:
Good work dude :daumenhoch:

Job done properly :daumenhoch:

oldskoolg60:
thanks mate, i subsequently found out that you can buy the adaptors off ebay, still , least mine were free. did have an issue of trying to take too much material off in one go and the milling cutter spat the component out.  :shocked:

Gnarlyscoots:
Looking good bro  :daumenhoch: And you may be able to buy the adapters but it's more gratifying doing it yaself  :coolsmiley:

Wish I had access to a workshop like that though, heaven  :smitten:

oldskoolg60:

--- Quote from: Londonhellboy on October 28, 2011, 10:36 PM ---Looking good bro  :daumenhoch: And you may be able to buy the adapters but it's more gratifying doing it yaself  :coolsmiley:

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totally agree, means that i can customise the depth etc too.

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