looking for a seat post reamer, 27.2

[cmg]

I'm looking for a seat post reamer, 27.2. Anyone have one they care to loan? or where i can get one cheap? need to ream a Ti and steel frames. let me know what's available.

[thwart]

Cheap? Well, reasonable…

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=151311730725

[wallymann]

I've had very good success just using a half round rat-tail file to clean up rough seat-lugs.

[cmg]

Cheap? Well, reasonable…

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=151311730725

thanks i'm watching it.

[thwart]

thanks i'm watching it.

FYI: this is the second time listed; it went unsold for the same price last week.

[dlui]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/11-Piece-Adjustable-Hand-Reamer-Set-/300640454060?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item45ff9145ac


whole set for $90 shipped

[oldpotatoe]

I'm looking for a seat post reamer, 27.2. Anyone have one they care to loan? or where i can get one cheap? need to ream a Ti and steel frames. let me know what's available.

Do you need to make big cleaning? Make bigger, major deal? Or just smooth it up? Maybe a flex-hone?

[Kirk Pacenti]

Do you need to make big cleaning? Make bigger, major deal? Or just smooth it up? Maybe a flex-hone?

I would second the flex-hone idea. They work well and leave a very smooth finish without the danger of making the hole too big. If you are patient, you might be able to open the hole up about 0.0005" - 0.001"... a reamer on the other hand can go 0.003" - 0.005" in one pass, which is enough to ruin the fit.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/201060716101?lpid=82


Cheers,
KP

[cmg]

"need to make big cleaning? Make bigger, major deal? Or just smooth it up?"

the custom TI frame will fit a bontrager, shimano dura ace NJS but not a Campagnolo record/chorus 2000+ or non NJS dura ace, easton ec70 seat posts. same goes for another recent steel frame. It's just shy. I took a brake cyclinder hone to it, the back yard mechanic in me, got it shiny but it didn't fit. not familar with the flex hone. What size would i need? i hate not being able to swap it out, making me more nuts than usuall.

[Kirk Pacenti]

"need to make big cleaning? Make bigger, major deal? Or just smooth it up?"

the custom TI frame will fit a bontrager, shimano dura ace NJS but not a Campagnolo record/chorus 2000+ or non NJS dura ace, easton ec70 seat posts. same goes for another recent steel frame. It's just shy. I took a brake cyclinder hone to it, the back yard mechanic in me, got it shiny but it didn't fit. not familar with the flex hone. What size would i need?

Is this for a 27.2 post? The brake cylinder hone will work, but it takes an hour or so...

The link above is for a 29mm hone. It will compress enough for a 27.2 hole. It will take material off faster than a brake cylinder hone. Go at it in 30-60 second bursts check diameter as you go.

EDIT: You can also request that the manufacturer take it back and make it right...

[Flaroc01]

I bought a vintage Columbus SLX frame recently and had it repainted. When it was done the painter tells me that the seat tube is for a 27.0 seatpost. Since I already had a 27.2mm seatpost I had bought I decided to ream it. So to open it up I just ordered this:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/cyclus-seat-tube-reamer-handle/

and this

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/cyclus-seat-tube-reamer/

Since I heard that this works better than the adjustable ones. Plus I there are other diameters available if I need to do it again in the future.

[fogrider]

I bought a vintage Columbus SLX frame recently and had it repainted. When it was done the painter tells me that the seat tube is for a 27.0 seatpost. Since I already had a 27.2mm seatpost I had bought I decided to ream it. So to open it up I just ordered this:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/cyclus-seat-tube-reamer-handle/

and this

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/cyclus-seat-tube-reamer/

Since I heard that this works better than the adjustable ones. Plus I there are other diameters available if I need to do it again in the future.

So you think taking off 0.2 mm of material is a good idea?!? me thinks this would be a very bad idea.

[buldogge]

That's .1mm off the wall thickness…or…1/250" (.004).

-Mark in St. Louis

So you think taking off 0.2 mm of material is a good idea?!? me thinks this would be a very bad idea.

[Flaroc01]

So you think taking off 0.2 mm of material is a good idea?!? me thinks this would be a very bad idea.

Why, what do you think will happen?

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[David Tollefson]

I bought a vintage Columbus SLX frame recently and had it repainted. When it was done the painter tells me that the seat tube is for a 27.0 seatpost. Since I already had a 27.2mm seatpost I had bought I decided to ream it. So to open it up I just ordered this:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/cyclus-seat-tube-reamer-handle/

and this

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/cyclus-seat-tube-reamer/

Since I heard that this works better than the adjustable ones. Plus I there are other diameters available if I need to do it again in the future.

Whoa... You're taalking about taking off probably 1/6 of the material thickness. Yeah, what could possibly go wrong?

[kramnnim]

So...are 28.6 seat tubes with an ID of 27.2 unsafe? Or are they all externally butted, and not 28.6 at the seat cluster?

[Flaroc01]

There are thousands of frames with the same tube dimensions that were reamed out to 27.2 by the builder/manufacturer and they seam to be ok.

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[oldpotatoe]

So...are 28.6 seat tubes with an ID of 27.2 unsafe? Or are they all externally butted, and not 28.6 at the seat cluster?

Nope....what vast majority of steel frames were and are.

[cmg]

happy ending..:) a buddy lent me a reamer and with a little work the post was fitted to the bike, took it slow, about 45 minutes. hey, i don't know what i'm doing, but there's all kinds of work arounds. 2 years in the making. very cool. tomorrow the steel one gets the same treatment. double plus cool or 2 dancing bananas. :banana::banana:

[Kirk Pacenti]

happy ending..:) a buddy lent me a reamer and with a little work the post was fitted to the bike, took it slow, about 45 minutes. hey, i don't know what i'm doing, but there's all kinds of work arounds. 2 years in the making. very cool. tomorrow the steel one gets the same treatment. double plus cool or 2 dancing bananas. :banana::banana:

I am happy that I was able to help.

Cheers,
KP