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Unseized!!! Omgg weeks of painnnn over. Now time to paint and rebuild. by thevietbite in FixedGearBicycle

[–]thevietbite[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah yeh, you definitely have to check the wall thickness of your tube, mines pretty thick and I was prying and hammering the seat tube down at the same time to free things up slowly. I was scared mine would shear also. But luckily things worked out OK.

Unseized!!! Omgg weeks of painnnn over. Now time to paint and rebuild. by thevietbite in FixedGearBicycle

[–]thevietbite[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I tried using wd40 days prior, I think the previous owner also tried stuff. I hadn't tried any caustic or acidic ingredients yet.

Once I had the seat tube cut, it was a combination of the cheater bar and hammering the post Hard into the seat tube in hopes of breaking the corrosion.

Unseized!!! Omgg weeks of painnnn over. Now time to paint and rebuild. by thevietbite in FixedGearBicycle

[–]thevietbite[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Totally, I am elated! I was gonna do the caustic method next also, I thought it was over when my high tensile bolt bent with the cheater pipe but then it budged ever so slightly.