seat post sqeek

[chickwhorips]

i was out riding with the bf yesterday when a squeek started really bugging me. it was squeeking before i put my new saddle on it and its just getting worse.

my bf said it was my seat post and that i needed to put some grease on it. i asked him how and he said just put it on. (men) anyhow i know he knows how to do it, but he told me i needed to figure it out for myself. so i said "FINE! i will! "

my question is this: where do i put it? just on the bottom or all over the whole shaft where it fit in to the tube? i don't want to do it wrong because i can see myself now.... riding along nicely and WHAM! seat going all the way down in the tube. yup that would be my luck.

[KnottedYet]

I've put it on the whole bit that goes into the tube.

[bike4ever]

Take the seat post out. Wipe down the post and clean the seat tube. Sometimes the squeak you hear is from some grit in the seat tube. After both have been wiped down, generously apply grease into the seat tube. If you put it on the post, it often squirts out.

[Geonz]

Sounds like the seatpost is just having a queefing problem

I'd do the best I could with it, and then ask him to *check* behind you, to make sure you haven't set yourself up for an oopsie... then if it does happen he'll have to share the blame.

[madisongrrl]

i was out riding with the bf yesterday when a squeek started really bugging me. it was squeeking before i put my new saddle on it and its just getting worse.

my bf said it was my seat post and that i needed to put some grease on it. i asked him how and he said just put it on. (men) anyhow i know he knows how to do it, but he told me i needed to figure it out for myself. so i said "FINE! i will! "

my question is this: where do i put it? just on the bottom or all over the whole shaft where it fit in to the tube? i don't want to do it wrong because i can see myself now.... riding along nicely and WHAM! seat going all the way down in the tube. yup that would be my luck.

What material is the seatpost made of? If the seat post is carbon, DO NOT grease it! If it is made of aluminum, then lightly grease the portion of the post that goes into the seat tube.

[Kitsune06]

Ok... I'm not sayin' I can help, but after tearing my bike seatpost/etc apart today and dremmelling/greasing it after having it slip pretty badly, I might be able to point some things out...

first off, I took the seat post out of the frame, and unscrewed the bolt keeping the micro-adjust clamp (seat sandwich) in place. Set bolt aside on a paper towel (not DP's clean dish towel!) and lifted seat off post.

The aluminum micro-adjust ribs (teeth?) were all mashed flat. After scrubbing well with dish soap and a toothbrush (not hers) I put the engraving bit on my jewelry dremel and re-grooved the ribs. Not perfect, but not smooth, either.

Then I scrubbed it again (trying to avoid those abrasive aluminum shavings) and put grease in the teeth (just a light layer) , a little on the post and on the screw, screwed everything back into place (would've taken a trial ride to see where my sit-bones stuck; on trying it this evening, the seat seemed to be between my sitbones, hence my discomfort, but whatev) but it was 107 by the time I was working on it and closer to 110 when I had to put the hot ol' uniform on and go to work...

Aside from the dremmelling, I hope that all helped. I'd grease all of those contact points, just to be sure.

[chickwhorips]

thanks for the help.

the seat post is made of aluminum and so i will try doing this tonight after work.

kits: glad you didn't use the good dish towl or toothbrush. don't think it would've gone over well.

geonz: i'll blame him anyhow.