Help! Seat post(without the seat) stuck in the seat tube.
12-15-12, 01:06 AM
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Help! Seat post(without the seat) stuck in the seat tube.
Hey guys, I'm a newb when it comes to bikes, but I recently bought a new one and I started to assemble it when disaster struck. I was adjusting the seat on the seat post by loosening the seat fixing bolt. I was unaware that the actual seat post would fall out from under the seat so I just stuck the whole thing into the seat tube so I could adjust it from there. Unfortunately, the seat post detached from the seat and slid down to the bottom of the tube. I flipped the bike over and tried to shake it out to no avail. I tried using a coat hanger to to pick it out but that didn't work either, so now I'm at a loss on what to do to get the seat post back out. Please help me!
12-15-12, 05:50 AM
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Turn bike upside down, hold wood block on bottom bracket and give it a good rap with a mallet.
12-15-12, 06:42 AM
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12-15-12, 08:49 AM
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Is the post a hollow top one? Is so then you can make a pull shaft easily enough to pass through the post top and hook it's bottom end and then pull/slide hammer out. Think of a long all thread rod with a nut ground to a conical shape at the end. I last did this at work using a floor punp shaft and a big cresent wrench being hit with a hammer at the exposed end.
You could try to feed a flexible but non compressable something (heavy wire?) through the Bb shell and up the ST. You could drill a hole (1/4") in the shell and pass a solid steel rod. You could drop into the ST, through the shell, a 3/4" steel ball and shake the frame inline with the ST. Andy.
You could try to feed a flexible but non compressable something (heavy wire?) through the Bb shell and up the ST. You could drill a hole (1/4") in the shell and pass a solid steel rod. You could drop into the ST, through the shell, a 3/4" steel ball and shake the frame inline with the ST. Andy.
12-15-12, 09:09 AM
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A long crochet needle, or something that looks like one perhaps?
12-15-12, 09:46 AM
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For really bad stuck ones,
drill a decent sized hole thru the post,,stick a screwdriver,, a big one thu the hold,,
now ya can whack the driver UP from the bottom,,post comes right out.
Clean the tube and grease the NEW post before installing orrrrr
https://sheldonbrown.com/stuck-seatposts.html
This guy covers alot of things,,book mark him
drill a decent sized hole thru the post,,stick a screwdriver,, a big one thu the hold,,
now ya can whack the driver UP from the bottom,,post comes right out.
Clean the tube and grease the NEW post before installing orrrrr
https://sheldonbrown.com/stuck-seatposts.html
This guy covers alot of things,,book mark him
12-15-12, 09:57 AM
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osco53- The OP stated that the post slid down into the ST ALL THE WAY. Only way to drill through the post would also require drilling through the ST. Andy.
12-16-12, 05:50 AM
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Squirt some oil all around in the tube & let it site. Turn over , place a block of wood on the bottom & hit with a hammer. You may have to do this to the bottom sides of the tube, as well.
12-16-12, 10:54 AM
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Put the saddle clip on the saddle and the seat on the seatpost, first, then put the seatpost in the frame .
