anyone have any tips advice on fixing a sliding seatpost???
when i go over hard bump it happens
sliding seatpost
- Chuckles1981
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Postby Chuckles1981 » Tue May 20, 2008 12:36 pm
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Postby LuckyPierre » Tue May 20, 2008 12:42 pm
road v off-road?
quick release v bolt?
carbon v alloy?
quick release v bolt?
carbon v alloy?
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Postby Chuckles1981 » Tue May 20, 2008 2:27 pm
its an MTB on clamps and its alloy
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Postby tallywhacker » Tue May 20, 2008 2:29 pm
blue loctite between the seatpost and seat tube before tightening. Leave it to dry overnight.
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Postby winona_rider » Tue May 20, 2008 9:01 pm
don't tell anyone i told you this...but some packing tape once or twice around does the trick. BUT! you gotta clean it out and replace the tape every 2 or 3 weeks depending on how often you ride.
in saying this i STRESS i got sick of this pretty quick and bought a seat post 0.2 mm thicker for 10 bucks and it has been freakin awsm. werd
in saying this i STRESS i got sick of this pretty quick and bought a seat post 0.2 mm thicker for 10 bucks and it has been freakin awsm. werd
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Postby LuckyPierre » Thu May 22, 2008 9:34 am
The big tip underlying the responses so far is - check that you've got the right size seat post - 0.2mm makes a big difference, especially for quick release clamps.
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Postby twowheels » Fri May 23, 2008 6:55 pm
Could be the contoured plastic shim/washer that the QR clamps onto has split, like my plastic one did. Kept retightening the thing before I realised what had happened.
I replaced mine with a metal shim/washer from an old brake assembly, the little part that make sthe brake sit "flat" on the brake bridge or fork ... hasn't slipped since.
I replaced mine with a metal shim/washer from an old brake assembly, the little part that make sthe brake sit "flat" on the brake bridge or fork ... hasn't slipped since.
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