Stuck Seat

After switching my Miyata seat off my giraffe back onto my miyata, the
seat is stuck in really tight, although there is a small gap between the
seatpost and the extension. When I tried to get the seat out, the
extension twists even though it is as tight as I can get it. The plastic
seat base is even cracking now. Does anyone have a secret for taking out a
tight seatpost?

> After switching my Miyata seat off my giraffe back onto my miyata, the
> seat is stuck in really tight, although there is a small gap between the
> seatpost and the extension. When I tried to get the seat out, the
> extension twists even though it is as tight as I can get it. The plastic
> seat base is even cracking now. Does anyone have a secret for taking out
> a tight seatpost?

I would say try some WD-40 or something like it. bought all I can say.

-Max A. Dingemans

On 05 Jun 2001 01:19:58 GMT, UniVent <univent@aol.com> wrote:

> Does anyone have a secret for taking out a tight seatpost?

In general, jammed metal things can be loosened by judicious application
of heat. You can try heating the outer <whatever it is> and cooling the
inner <whatever it is>, but actually just heating the outer one normally
works. As the heat propogates through the parts different things heat at
different times, and expand at different rates, and something might give.

‘Judicious’ means until it shifts, or until you think something might get
damaged (adjacent plastic bits melting, for example), or until you run
out of heat.

Might that work? If you don’t apply too much heat, you can combinme it
with penetrating oil (or WD40 or similar).

regards, Ian SMith

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good idea?

Ian Smith said

“Might that work? If you don’t apply too much heat, you can combinme it with penetrating oil (or WD40 or similar)”

Oil or WD40 plus heat doesn’t sound like a good idea to me. I know for a fact that WD40 is very flamible although I do know that hey make non-flamible alternitives that work as well as WD40. Just a thought.

Steve