pink poodle
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Greetings Rotorburn brains trust. I come to you for guidance, and in anticipation of making an entry in everybody's favourite thread...
I am helping a friend restore his old stead (2008 or 2009 Eastern Slash 7+ air). He intends (we all know the market decides...and this market is pretty small) to sell the bike for sweet f.a. once it is finished, so the notion of professional help at this stage is not likely due to cost. Though it may be engaged as a last resort.
Anyway the issue is this, a few years ago the seat post got stuck. He and another friend had slammed the post as low as possible and it jammed. Rather than seek useful advice at the time, they attempted a variety of foolish methods to loosen it. Some of these involved the hammer and force. Anyway I never got to see the post stuck, and he can't explain to me how it was removed from the frame by friend's sister's boyfriend.
A new seat post was installed and after a few months the bike ended up at the back of the shed. This evening I was paying some close attention and notice that the seat post is the wrong size and bent. I assumed the bend was the reason for the post not sliding all the way in...but no! The old stuck seat post has snapped off well down the seat tube. The new I'll fitting post inserts about 6 inches and makes contact with the old remnant.
How the fuck am I going to get this out????????? my assumption just now is a can of magic freeze spray down the guts to shrink the seat post away from the frame, and a long sturdy hooking tool of some sort to pull out the post. But...what would this tool be? It would need to be about 16 inches long. This would also require that the post isn't slammed firm on the bb shell.
Fire away wise folk. Fools also welcome to contribute.
I am helping a friend restore his old stead (2008 or 2009 Eastern Slash 7+ air). He intends (we all know the market decides...and this market is pretty small) to sell the bike for sweet f.a. once it is finished, so the notion of professional help at this stage is not likely due to cost. Though it may be engaged as a last resort.
Anyway the issue is this, a few years ago the seat post got stuck. He and another friend had slammed the post as low as possible and it jammed. Rather than seek useful advice at the time, they attempted a variety of foolish methods to loosen it. Some of these involved the hammer and force. Anyway I never got to see the post stuck, and he can't explain to me how it was removed from the frame by friend's sister's boyfriend.
A new seat post was installed and after a few months the bike ended up at the back of the shed. This evening I was paying some close attention and notice that the seat post is the wrong size and bent. I assumed the bend was the reason for the post not sliding all the way in...but no! The old stuck seat post has snapped off well down the seat tube. The new I'll fitting post inserts about 6 inches and makes contact with the old remnant.
How the fuck am I going to get this out????????? my assumption just now is a can of magic freeze spray down the guts to shrink the seat post away from the frame, and a long sturdy hooking tool of some sort to pull out the post. But...what would this tool be? It would need to be about 16 inches long. This would also require that the post isn't slammed firm on the bb shell.
Fire away wise folk. Fools also welcome to contribute.