stuck seat pin

Hi,
Try boiling a kettle of water, pour the hot water on the frame at the seat tube seat pin junction,let it cool and it should come free that's what I did with my lemond ,although it was freezing outside at the time which no doubt also helped
Best of luck Fadec
 
Try putting your advice in this section of the forum ! You may get more views.

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=12

Nothing worse than a stuck seat pin but there has been many many successful removals by many members.

I once removed a seized up seat pin by taking out the bottom bracket - putting a condom over the seat tube/pin then taping up the condom to
form a seal then pouring Coca Cola down the seat tube and left it for a week, then putting the saddle back on and it twisted freely and came out.
 
Sometimes a sharp tap downwards with a hammer can free it enough to get it moving....once it's moving, it's yours!

Only do this if it's quite a way out though, not if it's well in the tube...and do it at your own risk, etc....
:0)
 
I've done quite a few, but generally, few are truly siezed. Boiling water is a good start. If you are getting any movement at all, even a fraction of a millimetre, it will come out eventually. One thing that often gets suggested which I would avoid! Is clamping the stem in a vice and using the frame to twist out the stem. I've seen this cause paint fractures and it will strain the lugs in a way they are not designed to be strained. If its definitely stuck, this is the simplest, quickest way:

http://forum.ctc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=63229

Good luck :)
 
Stuck seat post

Warm the seat post - hot air gun is ok -this will expand and push the seat tube out as it cools spray with plus-gas or similar.

if its really stuck, and the frame is being re-painted , get the gas welding plant out, thats how frame-builders do it !!!
 
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