Hey for rust, PB Blaster, now that is the stuff and a good spray and a couple of days, you can use some of the other suggestions you received for removing the seat.
On Jul 3, 2008, at 9:14 PM, Victor Gouveia wrote: > Hi Folks, > > We just got a hand me down mountain bike from one of my wife's > patients. > > It's a mini mountain bike. > > The size is perfect for her, except that the seat needs to be > lowered as low as it will go. > > Right now it's about six inches up from the frame, and it has to > come down all the way. > > Now, before everyone floods my inbox with answers on how to do this, > I just need to say that I know how to lower the seat, the problem is > that it's rusted so much that it won't budge. > > I've tried pounding the seat down with my fist, tried a board with a > hammer, and yet nothing. > > I've tried to widen the piece of metal clamping onto the seat bar, > and it won't budge, but then again, that may be because I'm not > using the proper set of tools. > > I remember my father having a pair of, well, anti-pliers, for lack > of a better term, that would open out instead of in. > > In other words, instead of tightening around an object, it would let > it go when you squeezed it. > > I've tried high and low to find a set like that, but to no avail, so > I'm left to work with what I have. > > Can anyone suggest a way of loosening this seat so I can clean the > rust off, do something to it so it won't rust anymore, and replace > it back on the bike so it looks relatively new? > > Any ideas would be very much appreciated, by both me and my > daughter, and remember, if this list fails to answer this question, > you'll be disappointing a 6 year-old little girl. Smile. > > Naw folks, I'm just kidding, she doesn't even know I'm writing this > letter. LOL. > > In any case, any suggestions are better than none. > > Victor > Co-moderator > Blind Movie Buffs List > Guidedogs List > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > Scott Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
