Author Topic: Stuck seat post (Read 1995 times)

skki3330 · « **on:** July 01, 2010, 08:44 AM »

HEEEELLLPPPPP
Just picked up a really nice Curtis Pro but it has a Uni Turbo seat and post and the bloody thing is stuck! any ideas? ive already chucked loads of wd40 at it and carfully tried to remove with mole grips but because of using a rag to protect the post i dont get much of a hold.

what can i do

mattfx81 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 01, 2010, 09:14 AM »

You could drill a hole as low as you can into the post to get a lever into it and twist it out. It just means the post will have to be dropped lower into the seat tube to hide the hole.

kev-s · « **Reply #2 on:** July 01, 2010, 09:23 AM »

turn the frame upside down & stick it in a wood vice as low as u can get it and twist the frame back and forth

skki3330 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 01, 2010, 09:44 AM »

Matt good idea i would have done that but the post is so low any lower and i may aswell bolt the seat straight o the frame lololol.

Kev i must admit i have bought the frame into work with me today as i dont have a vice at home but the ood vice still scrapes the post, i currently have one of the lads in the workshop trying to fine me to nice pieces of rubber think i might get mo grip maybe.

brettypeeps · « **Reply #4 on:** July 01, 2010, 12:39 PM »

You have got to keep sqirting with WD40 and hope it penetrates. The last thing you want to do is twist the frame trying to get it out... Patience is a virtue

You could try knocking the post in a bit. a bit of shock treatment could get it moving

MartyC · « **Reply #5 on:** July 01, 2010, 12:48 PM »

Aren't they a plastic post? I'd try drilling it out

stidds · « **Reply #6 on:** July 01, 2010, 01:00 PM »

Quote from: MartyC on July 01, 2010, 12:48 PM

Aren't they a plastic post? I'd try drilling it out

Fibreglass I think Marty and indeed drill the fooker out.

skki3330 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 01, 2010, 04:12 PM »

Yeah but i want to use the post it's in pretty good nick and i have the seat to go with so it would be a shame to vandlize!!!

ozone · « **Reply #8 on:** July 01, 2010, 04:47 PM »

Do you have an old stem knocking around? Clamp the stem onto the post and put a tube or some forks over the stem's shaft and rock the tubing back and forth. (usually works best if you lie the frame on the floor) Once it starts to move, you should be able to turn the bleeder out out of the frame.

A good method for peeps who don't have access to a vice.

skki3330 · « **Reply #9 on:** July 01, 2010, 09:32 PM »

Cheers guys i tried everything not a mm movement so i went to town on it lolololol and proper viced it of course it shattered and you know what i still didnt get the fooker out, so out with the drill tomorrow