Re: [CR]RE: cracked frames, caused by wrong seat posts

(Example: Framebuilders:Chris Pauley)

From: "Steven M. Johnson" <grisha2@juno.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 21:10:13 GMT
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]RE: cracked frames, caused by wrong seat posts


-- EPL <lowiemanuel@yahoo.ca> wrote: I also don't get why one would grease a seatpost -- parts that rotate need lubrication, not bolted in stationary fixtures, right?

Emanuel,

The grease is not to lubricate, but to slow differential corrosion between the steel and aluminum. It will grab.

This was about 9 hours of work, destroyed the stem, but I won. http://webpages.charter.net/steve.johnson1/graphics/GS_stem.jpg

Steven Johnson, Shiloh, IL

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