John: Sorry for jumping into this a bit late, but I’ll just add that the mechanics I have spoken to about slipping seatposts would *never* recommend friction paste. If your post is slipping, there is something going on that shouldn’t be “fixed” with friction paste. That’s like putting a band-aid on a broken arm.
When I had this problem on a bike recently (Soma Saga), the fix involved removing a tiny amount of excess material on the inside of the seat cluster that was preventing the seat post from being properly gripped. A few minutes with a file fixed the problem. --Eric N > On Feb 19, 2020, at 11:34 AM, John Phillips <w00lyb3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Everyone, > Thank you for all your suggestions. > > My 27.2 Nitto S83 seatpost is snug enough in the seat tube to stay put at > a given height if there is only a very, very thin film of grease, so I > suppose the friction paste might work. How clean does the seat tube need to > be of grease for the friction paste to work? And how did you degrease the > interior of the seat tube? > > With the seatpost in the seat tube, and no binder bolt present, I have a > total of about 0.5mm of play between the hanger and the edges of the slot in > the seat tube. I'm kinda leary about grinding a bit too much off of the brake > hanger, because if I weaken it too much, I would worry about the hanger > snapping while braking downhill on a dirt road. > > So far, switching to something like the Paul Funk Monkey brake hanger > seems like it might the the easiest route? Or am I missing something? > > Thank you everyone for your help and suggestions, > > John > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/811be0d7-0b15-4003-ace3-736f29386d02%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/08534B6A-8A2B-4DED-A838-C1EAACB8E3AB%40me.com.
