Seat post and Spring

[BikerMike]

Anybody got any good tips for getting the seatpost unstuck without breaking anything?

 

[tst]

oil the hell out of it, no one ever oils them, there is a oil hole in the metal tube inside the spring

 

[havoc1482]

oil the hell out of it

I need this on a t-shirt

 

[Dale Finch]

After liberally oiling it, get someone with some weight on him to climb up on that seat & start jumping up & down. This should work, as long as the pan seat is solid !
(Make sure he has something to hang on to!)

 

[inairam]

it really is confortable when they work right. i have taken it apart cleaned it and oiled it as i put it back together. you have to put some weight on seat to remove the bolts holding the stop in place.

 

[Denny Clayton]

After liberally oiling it, get someone with some weight on him to climb up on that seat & start jumping up & down. This should work, as long as the pan seat is solid !
(Make sure he has something to hang on to!)

Dale, how sexist of you!

 

[ricky racer]

Remove the key (anti-rotation device) and after use some type penetrating oil on it and of twist the post to free it up. I've used this method with great success.

 

[Don McCombs]

A little heat can’t hurt.

 

[staninlowerAL]

Remove the key (anti-rotation device) and after use some type penetrating oil on it and of twist the post to free it up. I've used this method with great success.

key (it's reference #4 on the parts list and described as "guide") Stan

 

[Dale Finch]

Dale, how sexist of you!

I even considered putting he/she, but decided no sane woman would do something so silly!!
(Except me...cuz I'm not sane!! )

 

[Peter Person]

I even considered putting he/she, but decided no sane woman would do something so silly!!
(Except me...cuz I'm not sane!! )

…nor would any sane man say that a woman would have weight on them!

 

[BikerMike]

After liberally oiling it, get someone with some weight on him to climb up on that seat & start jumping up & down. This should work, as long as the pan seat is solid !
(Make sure he has something to hang on to!)

Got just the person. Makes two of me.

 

[BikerMike]

Got just the person. Makes two of me.

No, not female...

 

[BikerMike]

Thanks folks, that is what I assumed. It's sprayed down with penitrent, now I'll let it sit for a week.

 

[tst]

hit it everyday with the oil

 

[tinnerjohn]

Mine was froze up when I got it, soaked with penetrating oil for several days took the pan off so I could hit the top with a big hammer and tapped the post numerous times. It took a while but it finally freed up. Be careful, I had the stop removed and when it finally freed up it flew out. If I remember right there is a preload on the spring. While you're at it, check the bracket that bolts to the platform, I later had mine let lose (rusted) on the left side allowing me and the seat to tip right.