Seized seat post success.

[Slick]

So I pulled all the seat posts from every bike in the stable towards the end of last year, but couldn't believe it when I finally went to do the Genesis (obviously the workhorse in the stable) and the seat post was already seized. I wasn't looking forward to wrestling with it so kind of forgot about it but planned to take it through to Stirling to a guy who specialises in these things. Anyway, I was fettling something else on the bike today, and I found some plus gas in the back of a cupboard, so I thought I would stick the steed in the vice and see how I got on, and voila. My question is though, should I replace my seat post or would I be OK with cleaning and greasing the original?

 

[Paulus]

Clean and grease the seat post, and clean inside of the seat tube as far as you can. It'll be fine.

 

[Tail End Charlie]

Ah, the feeling of a stuck seat post coming free! It's better than sex!
Clean, grease and reinsert.

 

[C R]

Ah, the feeling of a stuck seat post coming free! It's better than sex!

I think you may be doing the sex thing wrong...

 

[Rusty Nails]

Ah, the feeling of a stuck seat post coming free! It's better than sex!
Clean, grease and reinsert.

Is that the sex or the seatpost?

 

[Slick]

Brilliant.
I cleaned inside the frame with the brush in the picture but I'm sure there is a bit more to do. I thought about taking some emery paper over the seat post and maybe coating it with some spray pain, but I'll clean it as best I can with a scouring pad and grease her up for the season ahead.

 

[Slick]

I think you may be doing the sex thing wrong...

Oh I don't know.

 

[Rusty Nails]

Where is Fnaar when you need him?

 

[Cycleops]

Glad I'm not your partner.

 

[cyberknight]

Is that the sex or the seatpost?

I think plus gas is the wrong lube for the former

 

[Tail End Charlie]

Glad I'm not your partner.

So am I !!