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Old 04-15-22, 01:17 AM
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Originally Posted by bulgie
Important: check your seat tube for a cork, and remove it if it's there. With the seatpost and bottom bracket out, put a flashlight in the BB shell and make sure you can see it down the seat tube from the seatlug end. PX-10s of that era often had a factory-installed cork, and some of those frames completely rusted out from the puddle of water that collects on top of the cork.
You were right. There was a cork in the seat tube. It smells like a chardonnay with hints of grease. It's out now. Thanks!
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