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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: mcnab916 on January 25, 2006, 09:55 PM

Title: siezed seatpost
Post by: mcnab916 on January 25, 2006, 09:55 PM

any ideas on removing a completely siezed seatpost, ive run out of ideas, ta.

Title: Re: siezed seatpost
Post by: lazychubs on January 25, 2006, 10:08 PM

soak it in diesel mate
fill seat tube up with it and leave for a day or two

Title: Re: siezed seatpost
Post by: mcnab916 on January 25, 2006, 10:10 PM

cheers fella, ill try that.

Title: Re: siezed seatpost
Post by: lazychubs on January 25, 2006, 10:13 PM

deffo works as they use it to remove balljoints from beetles
that have been stuck in for 30 years

Title: Re: siezed seatpost
Post by: danny silverstreak on January 25, 2006, 10:28 PM

Quote from: Lazychubs on January 25, 2006, 10:13 PM

deffo works as they use it to remove balljoints from beetles
that have been stuck in for 30 years

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Title: Re: siezed seatpost
Post by: lazychubs on January 25, 2006, 10:39 PM

yeah did notice that lol
liked me other thing tho

Title: Re: siezed seatpost
Post by: phantom photon on January 25, 2006, 11:40 PM

I had to remove a very badly rusted/seized seatpost recently that had been there for 20 years. Soaked it overnight in WD40 and then held the frame in a vice while twisting the seatpost with a pair of mole grips. Worked for me anyway  ;)

Title: Re: siezed seatpost
Post by: mcnab916 on January 26, 2006, 06:32 AM

thanks for the advice fellas,  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: siezed seatpost
Post by: Peanut on January 26, 2006, 09:55 AM

Is it one of them new school ones with the clamp on the top? I ended up clamping a set of burner bars onto the seatpost, slid some forks over the bars, bolted aonther set of forks to the ones I'd just used the slid another pair of bars into the forks.

seatpost - bars - forks - forks - bars

Gave me about six foot of leverage!

Title: Re: siezed seatpost
Post by: mcnab916 on January 26, 2006, 10:15 AM

 :LolLolLolLol: no mate, two oldies got them both soaking now, ill leave them til tomorrow or day after, if that dont work im f@@ked.

Title: Re: siezed seatpost
Post by: mcnab916 on January 26, 2006, 04:43 PM

one seat post out, one more to go. oh and a stem. :tickedoff: