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06-10-21, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by SurferRosa

The guys over in the c&v subforum hardly ever experience a corrosion issue with a threaded headset. It's usually a stem or seatpost that they find stuck on an old bike new to their stable.

The seat post came out, smooth...like butter. Oh the irony

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06-10-21, 07:18 PM

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"Irony"?

06-11-21, 12:21 PM

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"Irony"?

It's ironic because they had more a challenge getting the seat post than they did the forks. The seat post on the bike I am working on, came out smooth with no issue.

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Originally Posted by Gresp15C

Oddly enough I'm surprised that a painted stem would corrode to the point of seizing. I'd almost place my bets on the stem being slightly oversized, and "persuaded" into the steering tube.

I'd be more likely to bet on a mechanical fit issue rather than corrosion as well; yeah, it's ten+ years old, but it's a bicycle, not a subsea asset. I rebuilt a couple of bikes that had been left under a house for about 20 years; the one with the aluminum stem came apart without much of a fight, even the one with the steel stem just needed some PB and a few smacks with a dead blow to come loose.
2009 and quill stem says low-end bike, so QC issues are to be expected. The oversized stem has been mentioned, or you could have a burr on the inside of the steerer tube, even something as simple as a too-thick coat of paint.