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The bike I built up on a frame I dragged out of a hedge has a seized seat
post. So far; I've slackened the clamp bolt and give it a squirt of PTFE penetrating oil at least once a day - is there a reasonable expectation that it might work loose? Thanks. |
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On 9/14/2017 12:32 PM, Ian Field wrote:
The bike I built up on a frame I dragged out of a hedge has a seized seat post. So far; I've slackened the clamp bolt and give it a squirt of PTFE penetrating oil at least once a day - is there a reasonable expectation that it might work loose? Thanks. Yes. The vibration and cyclic loading of the post can free them. Not always but well worth a daily shot of penetrant and some miles. Leave the bolt out and cross your fingers! -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On 2017-09-14 10:42, AMuzi wrote:
On 9/14/2017 12:32 PM, Ian Field wrote: The bike I built up on a frame I dragged out of a hedge has a seized seat post. So far; I've slackened the clamp bolt and give it a squirt of PTFE penetrating oil at least once a day - is there a reasonable expectation that it might work loose? Thanks. Yes. The vibration and cyclic loading of the post can free them. Not always but well worth a daily shot of penetrant and some miles. Leave the bolt out and cross your fingers! Might sing soprano after it let go all of a sudden :-) -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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"Joerg" wrote in message ... On 2017-09-14 10:42, AMuzi wrote: On 9/14/2017 12:32 PM, Ian Field wrote: The bike I built up on a frame I dragged out of a hedge has a seized seat post. So far; I've slackened the clamp bolt and give it a squirt of PTFE penetrating oil at least once a day - is there a reasonable expectation that it might work loose? Thanks. Yes. The vibration and cyclic loading of the post can free them. Not always but well worth a daily shot of penetrant and some miles. Leave the bolt out and cross your fingers! Might sing soprano after it let go all of a sudden :-) Its seriously stuck, it'll probably need a lot of twisting to shift it at all once it starts to loosen. If I still had a welder, I'd weld a lever arm to it so I could apply enough force. |
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On Thu, 14 Sep 2017 21:33:17 +0100, "Ian Field"
wrote: "Joerg" wrote in message ... On 2017-09-14 10:42, AMuzi wrote: On 9/14/2017 12:32 PM, Ian Field wrote: The bike I built up on a frame I dragged out of a hedge has a seized seat post. So far; I've slackened the clamp bolt and give it a squirt of PTFE penetrating oil at least once a day - is there a reasonable expectation that it might work loose? Thanks. Yes. The vibration and cyclic loading of the post can free them. Not always but well worth a daily shot of penetrant and some miles. Leave the bolt out and cross your fingers! Might sing soprano after it let go all of a sudden :-) Its seriously stuck, it'll probably need a lot of twisting to shift it at all once it starts to loosen. If I still had a welder, I'd weld a lever arm to it so I could apply enough force. If it is an aluminum seat post in a steel frame and you can't budge it with a, oh say 24 inch pipe wrench, after a few days of penetrating oil then it probably won't come out without some serious attention. I once spent nearly a week to make a boring bar and boring out a stuck seat tube after all else failed however after reading the Internet I discovered that dissolving the aluminum tube using lye would have been much easier :-) Try https://www.sheldonbrown.com/stuck-seatposts.html -- Cheers, John B. |
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"John B." wrote in message ... On Thu, 14 Sep 2017 21:33:17 +0100, "Ian Field" wrote: "Joerg" wrote in message ... On 2017-09-14 10:42, AMuzi wrote: On 9/14/2017 12:32 PM, Ian Field wrote: The bike I built up on a frame I dragged out of a hedge has a seized seat post. So far; I've slackened the clamp bolt and give it a squirt of PTFE penetrating oil at least once a day - is there a reasonable expectation that it might work loose? Thanks. Yes. The vibration and cyclic loading of the post can free them. Not always but well worth a daily shot of penetrant and some miles. Leave the bolt out and cross your fingers! Might sing soprano after it let go all of a sudden :-) Its seriously stuck, it'll probably need a lot of twisting to shift it at all once it starts to loosen. If I still had a welder, I'd weld a lever arm to it so I could apply enough force. If it is an aluminum seat post in a steel frame and you can't budge it with a, oh say 24 inch pipe wrench, after a few days of penetrating oil then it probably won't come out without some serious attention. I once spent nearly a week to make a boring bar and boring out a stuck seat tube after all else failed however after reading the Internet I discovered that dissolving the aluminum tube using lye would have been much easier :-) No aluminium - and I wouldn't want a glob of corrosive **** running down into the BB bracket if there was. |
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On 2017-09-14 10:32, Ian Field wrote:
The bike I built up on a frame I dragged out of a hedge has a seized seat post. So far; I've slackened the clamp bolt and give it a squirt of PTFE penetrating oil at least once a day - is there a reasonable expectation that it might work loose? If it's a steel frame and steel post probably not. If both aluminum, maybe. Other tricks: Stand the bike on its head and let penetrating out run from the BB area down inside the seat tune. Let it sit like this for days. The drain hole in the BB tube could suffice to get the oil in there without having to remove the BB (if that ever comes out). You could also shove some sort of cardboard stopper way down the seat post but not into the seat tube. Gently heat the seat tube from the outside but without burning off the paint, feed ice cubes down the seat post. That could help with an ever so smaller contraction of the seat post versus the seat tube. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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"Joerg" wrote in message ... On 2017-09-14 10:32, Ian Field wrote: The bike I built up on a frame I dragged out of a hedge has a seized seat post. So far; I've slackened the clamp bolt and give it a squirt of PTFE penetrating oil at least once a day - is there a reasonable expectation that it might work loose? If it's a steel frame and steel post probably not. If both aluminum, maybe. Other tricks: Stand the bike on its head and let penetrating out run from the BB area down inside the seat tune. Let it sit like this for days. The drain hole in the BB tube could suffice to get the oil in there without having to remove the BB (if that ever comes out). Can't remember how much grease I packed in the BB housing - that trick might not work. Last time i posted it was totally stuck solid. last night I was able to force it round just a little bit - Can't be 100% certain the seat clamp wasn't turning on the post, but I tightened the clamp as hard as possible last time. |
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On Thursday, September 14, 2017 at 10:32:54 AM UTC-7, Ian Field wrote:
The bike I built up on a frame I dragged out of a hedge has a seized seat post. So far; I've slackened the clamp bolt and give it a squirt of PTFE penetrating oil at least once a day - is there a reasonable expectation that it might work loose? Thanks. Coca-cola |
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