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Title: Integral seat clamp - can I cut it off?
Post by: JT71 on December 19, 2008, 07:22 AM
I've stripped the bolt on my colony's integral seat clamp, and yes I could try to find the right allen bolt and nut to replace it or I could buy a seat clamp and cut off the lugs on the frame at the weld.

anyone see/know of any potential problems with doing this?

Title: Re: Integral seat clamp - can I cut it off?
Post by: pickle on December 19, 2008, 07:24 AM
ya plum!  ;)
Title: Re: Integral seat clamp - can I cut it off?
Post by: JT71 on December 19, 2008, 07:28 AM
ya plum!  ;)

thanks for that Rob...most helpful...I already know i'm a juicy purple fruit.  :daumenhoch:

think i'll get a hacksaw and a grinder out anyway.


Title: Re: Integral seat clamp - can I cut it off?
Post by: pickle on December 19, 2008, 07:52 AM
personally i'd go down the new bolt route?  if you fook it up with the grinder then it's a new frame on the cards!
Title: Re: Integral seat clamp - can I cut it off?
Post by: kev-s on December 19, 2008, 07:53 AM
helicoil it, prob solved then :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Integral seat clamp - can I cut it off?
Post by: JT71 on December 19, 2008, 08:00 AM
it's an actually bolt and nut that fit with in the frames lugs, the lugs aren't threaded.

the bolt and nut are both f***ed.

a regular M6 nut fits on one side, but not found an M6 allen bolt easy to come by.

Title: Re: Integral seat clamp - can I cut it off?
Post by: pickle on December 19, 2008, 08:11 AM
someone on here will know where to get one....try Mr Spacefruit, i'm sure he knows of an engineers which would have one?   :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Integral seat clamp - can I cut it off?
Post by: Peter J on December 19, 2008, 08:16 AM
Send me your address I think I've got about 300-400 of them............what lengh are you looking for ?
Title: Re: Integral seat clamp - can I cut it off?
Post by: pickle on December 19, 2008, 08:19 AM
and bobs your uncle  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Integral seat clamp - can I cut it off?
Post by: evamedia on December 19, 2008, 10:56 AM
or animal have a wedge post, no bolt or seatclamp required
Title: Re: Integral seat clamp - can I cut it off?
Post by: SaMAlex on December 19, 2008, 11:05 AM
or animal have a wedge post, no bolt or seatclamp required


They are great, aint they? We do away with the awful wedge system on handlebar stems and replace it with a much better clamp. Then we take away the clamp system from seatposts and replace it with a wedge ... cos it LOOKS better.  :crazy2:




(I do know the main reason clamp-on stems are better than wedge stems; because it removed the limitation on the fork stear tube thickness, but I still dont see what is wrong with a seat clamp  :-\)
Title: Re: Integral seat clamp - can I cut it off?
Post by: Stodgy on December 19, 2008, 01:38 PM
or animal have a wedge post, no bolt or seatclamp required


They are great, aint they? We do away with the awful wedge system on handlebar stems and replace it with a much better clamp. Then we take away the clamp system from seatposts and replace it with a wedge ... cos it LOOKS better.  :crazy2:




(I do know the main reason clamp-on stems are better than wedge stems; because it removed the limitation on the fork stear tube thickness, but I still dont see what is wrong with a seat clamp  :-\)

I'm with you on that one Alex, the Fly post is overpriced and heavier than using a post and clamp. Seems to solve a problem that never exisisted!

Ah hum.

Title: Re: Integral seat clamp - can I cut it off?
Post by: HEYWOOD BMX on December 19, 2008, 02:39 PM
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/hh43/heywoodbmx/clampbolt.jpg)

 Try and get a bolt like this-from a BMX frame with integral clamp.
Title: Re: Integral seat clamp - can I cut it off?
Post by: rarman1 on December 21, 2008, 01:02 AM
fook it Joe,

cut it of, file it untill its smooth and put a normal seat clamp on it.... you'll be fine :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Integral seat clamp - can I cut it off?
Post by: JT71 on December 21, 2008, 02:04 AM
fook it Joe,

cut it of, file it untill its smooth and put a normal seat clamp on it.... you'll be fine :daumenhoch:


ahhhhhhhhhhhh the voice of reason, that's really what i wanna do so i can customise my ride a touch and change the
colours if i choose. i'm drun k, wheres the hack saw.?

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