Loosening Seatpost in Frame

Steve Sr. wrote:
Hello,

I need to lower the seatpost of my bike everytime I put it in my
vehicle so it will fit upright in the carrier.

Even with the seat clamp loose the post is pretty tight in the frame
and requires a lot of wiggling to get it either up or down. Is there
any way that I can enlarge the opening in the frame slightly so that
it is a looser fit? Is there a special tool made for doing this?

The frame is a Litespeed and is made out of titanium. It also looks
like there is some kind of insert sleeve between the frame and
seatpost. I can see what looks like the junction of 2 different metals
if I pull the clamp off

If you can sand down the inside or the outside of the "insert sleeve" aka
shim, then you should have no problem loosening up the fit between the
seatpost and frame. It only takes a tiny bit of material removal to get it
to loosen up.

Don't mess with either the frame or the seatpost. Both are far more
expensive than the shim is, so if you bugger it up, a new shim will cost
little.

--
Phil

Steve Sr. wrote:

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Is there
any way that I can enlarge the opening in the frame slightly so that
it is a looser fit?
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I would suggest you ask Litespeed. They seem to have an outstanding
customer service dept.

Maybe a different shim? No shim & larger seat post.

Regards, John