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help any tips on removeing stuck seat post

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sawzall:
this looks like the last resort then mate...
:shocked:

aditup 2234:
The thing you have to establish is this;
Are you trying too hard to preserve the frame. ie; the chrome or paint?
Is it going to be a rider or a carpet creeper?
It appears that you are not really trying hard enough, if the answers to the above are; yes, and carpet creeper. Get some proper HEAT on it, hot and fast. The trick is to get the frame hotter than the post, to allow expansion. If its gonna be a show bike, get it cherry red! It will come out, I promise you.
I am afraid to say that cutting the post down, you have only added to your problems. Get something welded back onto it to, to assist.
It looks like a drilling out, as suggested above, is the only answer now if its gonna be a rider, as too much heat serioussly compromises the strength of the frame.
Before you cut it down, you stood a chance, but I doubt that now?
Godd luck, but Sorry. Ad  :daumenhoch:

lmmrst:
you need to get that outer tube red hot  :knuppel2:i had trouble with my curtis frame i put engine oil down the tube over night then hit with the torch i got it that hot the remaining oil in the tube caught lite like a flamethhrower :2funny:once that went out i used some siltsons on the post as the harder you turn the more they grip got there in the end good luck :)

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