Beer works. I've tried coca-cola, ammonia, liquid wrench, heat, and dry ice; none worked. But beer did. After a cold beer, I sawed the offending seat post off, carefully sawed the stuck part into four or five longitudinal strips, and used vise-grips to pull them out. I rewarded myself with another cold beer. It worked.
Mark Barnes Astoria, Oregon
On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 05:22:49AM -0700, r cielec wrote:
> Ahoy !
> While I am searching the archives, I request your indulgence to simultaneously post this question to the list for the reason of urgency.
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> This is the steel-alloy seiziure condition.
> For reason of the metallurgical-chemical cause of the seziure, I vaguely recall that specific fluids were recommended. Was coca-cola one of the recommended fluids ? What are the recommended fluids ? The name Kroil comes to mind but, I am not sure if that was the medicine for rust or for this type of seizure also. Any suggestions were Kroil can be purchased ? Coca-cola I can probably find. (Oh, must one use Coca-cola of the pre-1983 formula ? hahaha.)
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> Thank you.
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> Regards,
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> Richard Cielec
> Chicago, Illinois; U.S.A.
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