Cousin Dale wrote:
>Once you have satisfied yourself that you have soaked and penetrated
>and whatever as much as possible......
>
>Turn the frame upside down and put the head of the seatpost in a
>big, robust vise, heavily clamped between a couple of small 1/2 "
>thick pine boards (which will squish around and conform to the
>irregular shaped aluminum seat post head) Then twist the frame back
>and forth, trying to get the seat post to turn in the frame. If it
>does twist, at all, you are in the finish stretch. Twisting and
>pulling up should free the seatpost. This process takes some muscle,
>often I have to stand up on the workbench to get the leverage to
>pull it up while twisting....
>
It is often useful to have an assistant. One of you concentrates on twisting, the other on pulling.
I prefer to clamp it with the seatpost horizontal, that way I get better traction.
Sheldon "Help!" Brown
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