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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: CustardLips on June 19, 2013, 06:15 PM

Title: Seat tube dilemma
Post by: CustardLips on June 19, 2013, 06:15 PM

Anyone got any tips on cleaning out a seat tube ?
There's some rust down there and I just can't get me mitts on it !  :(

Title: Re: Seat tube dilemma
Post by: Jaymz on June 19, 2013, 06:23 PM

I cut up an old wooden wire brush. Tapped a piece of threaded bar into the wood wacked it down the hole and stuck a battery drill on the end!!!

Title: Re: Seat tube dilemma
Post by: animal on June 19, 2013, 06:56 PM

Caustic soda is the way 2 go  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Seat tube dilemma
Post by: oldschoolace on June 19, 2013, 11:43 PM

Citric acid bath or bung up the probable weep hole into the bb and fill the tube with a stronger citric acid solution :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Seat tube dilemma
Post by: Munnyella on June 28, 2013, 02:00 PM

large bottle brush from wilko's, cut off loop, put in drill, dip brush is diesel, insert in tube, spinny spinny, re-dip and repeat a few times.

Jobs a good un.

MM

Title: Re: Seat tube dilemma
Post by: Dannywhac on June 28, 2013, 03:38 PM

Quote from: Munnyella on June 28, 2013, 02:00 PM

large bottle brush from wilko's, cut off loop, put in drill, dip brush is diesel, insert in tube, spinny spinny, re-dip and repeat a few times.

Jobs a good un.

MM

This  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Seat tube dilemma
Post by: GavinDavis on June 28, 2013, 07:23 PM

Nice tip!  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Seat tube dilemma
Post by: CustardLips on July 01, 2013, 06:47 PM

Nice one chaps.  :daumenhoch: