Ted, If the seat tube has some distortion from brazing, then a long post can be a problem. This is easy to fix. Shorten the post with a hacksaw and file a small chamfer on the new end. Make sure to leave at least the same length as the original end to min insertion line.
Regards, Bill Lucas Watsonville, CA On Thursday, December 20, 2012 5:14:45 PM UTC-8, ted wrote: > > Does having a lot of post down in the seat tube make it more prone to > sticking? > I went to adjust a post on a recent acquisition yesterday, and found I > couldn't budge it. I thought perhaps I had a dreaded "stuck post". So > I pulled the clamp bolt out, flexed the clamp ears a bit, applied some > penetrating oil and left it for later. Today I put a b-17 on it > adjusted square to the axis and with a lot of effort got the thing to > twist a bit. Since is was so hard to budge I figured I better pull it > all the way out. Turns out it's really long, like you could run close > to a foot of post showing long. > Could it being so long have contributed to my difficulty adjusting it? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/tePNpGv0iAkJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
