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Stuck seat post.....

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Swivel:
B & Q mate or any homewhere store, Halfords won't do it I think. B & Q best bet ;)

electro808:
I did not come up with this method but I know it works, if you don't have a vise...  Get an old stem, clamp it to the post then use a set of forks or some tubing (scaffy bar ;D) for extra leverage and use that to turn out the post.  You might have to lay the frame down and stand on it until you get the post moving. 

Try that before you start messing around with caustic soda.  Naughty, naughty stuff if you've got kids or pets knocking around...

toys19:
Caustic soda sounds like a good way to ruin your frame, if any leaks out you will need to neutralise it. Otherwise it will leach into the tiny pores around the welds and make your frame rust to hell! Avoid.
The stem idea sounds sensible or I did this with an alloy uni post in my curtis frame -  hacksaw it off, then get the hacksaw blade or a dremel and cut a slot into the inside of the seat post so that you can jam a big screwdriver in and get the thing moving.

Swivel:
Diesel, soak it for a while, then heat up up the frame and get it in a vice. We did this with one of my Gt Pro Performers and all was good  :daumenhoch:

motomagII:
im telling you rust remover i used it on alloy frame with metal seat post stuck and it literally fell out once soaked in the remover

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