stuck seatpost!!!!!!!

[staple123]

hi i have a stuck seatpost on my tuff burner how can i take it out i let it soak in WD40 for 24hrs but no luck, please help and what should i do????its driving me crazy

[adenough]

get down to aldis today, there selling blow torches for 6 quid, heat up the seat tube gently, this will expand it so hopefully u will be able to move the seat post.

[staple123]

your a star . i am getting down there now!!could you guide me through the process than?

[staple123]

just checked the site, no blow torches there??i will go through my mess of my garage.

[adenough]

just been down aldis, they got loads, but there not listed on the website

[staple123]

just checked lidl, they have some good DIY  stuff there guys, felt pads 99p!!pack of 24! and wire brushes 1.99 pack of 6 aqssorted!!going down there now and i found a blow torch adenough

[staple123]

i have an old one but were abouts do you live?

[matt]

no need to use a blow torch !!!!! tighten up a stem at the top of the seat post soak again in wd40 and keep twisting, this worked a treat for a seat post that had rusted in over 25 years for me, and for gods sake put the blow torch AWAY   

[adenough]

i live in rugeley , staffs, near stafford,you?

[staple123]

hi i will try the stem one now!and adenough i live way far away, in london so i will try anyways

[adenough]

let us know how u get on, cheers

[staple123]

will do guys

[staple123]

hi all bad news, the stem wont fit in the post because it is the mk burner style one!so any other technics guys before blow torch comes out?

[adenough]

mole grips...... and a blow torch

[adenough]

or, if u dont wanna keep the post, centre punch it, then drill a series of hole through the post until u get to bout 8 mill diametre, find an old screw driver or metal bar that will fit into the holes, and u can try to lever it free, if not the blow torch...

[staple123]

will this affect or change my frame at all?and have you any tips before i do this?

[theRuler]

clamp the seatpost in a vice and twist the frame off it!
it may mangle the post a bit though

[adenough]

try this also....... will the post shift if u hammer down on it vertically? if yes, then cut it off at the top of the seat tube, and using the old seat post, hammer the remaining post down into the seat tube far enough so u can fit a new one, no one will no the difference.

[FuNMoNsTeR]

No Blow Torches... No hammers. 

Get some Plus gas releasing agent and try that fit a seat to use as leverage when twisting....  If that fails i usually cut the post off about an inch or two proud and then use a hacksaw blade to cut the post internally into segments.

[snav69]

  

[rudhallrascal]

Thats never going to cut through a burner 

[Moose]

Why do you need a 1" seatpost?

[crazy foool]

hit the top of it, get it in an inch further, this will break the seals, then bung some wd down the hole leave for 5 mins and grip it out, if you dont break the "weld" by hitting the post the wd cant penatrate

[animal]

Diesel, use diesel will penetrate anything given time, works every time. submerge in the stuff.

[darkersomeday]

clamp the seatpost in a vice and twist the frame off it!
it may mangle the post a bit though

quoted for truth

is there an expansion hole inside the bottom bracket shell? where the bottom of the seat tube meets?
if there is, stand the frame upside down and keep squirting wd/oil/plusgas/diesel in there so it runs down to the bottom of the seat post,

i finally got the seized solid post out of my old standard frame by crushing the top of the seat post tube in a vice and using the frame to get the leverage to break the bond,

stand on the bench to pull the frame upwards whilst twisting, it'll screach like a bitch as it comes out,but it'll let go eventually,

best of luck