Whie it can be very effective, Taking stuff apart with compressed air can be very dangerous. In the Hydraulic place I worked at, we regularly did stuff that most people would think was a hazard. Almost the only thing that was forbidden was using compressed air to disassemble something stuck. It's not bad in every case, but the better you are at getting it to work, the more chance for something bad to happen.
I can send a better explanation off list if anyone is interested, as it would be way off topic. Just be really careful if you do it this way. (Keep the area "down range" clear of people, pets and any thing/one you don't want damaged)
Steve Birmingham Lowell, Ma
Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 03:14:59 -0500 From: "reelfishin" <reelfishin@netzero.net> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Subject: Re: [CR]Stuck wood Message-ID: <004801c3fe9c$2066ff00$28684a43@wd40gb1ghz> References: <20040228220424.38858.qmail@web40906.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain;charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: list Message: 14
Just a thought, before drilling any holes in the stuck post, it may be posible to remove the bottom bracket and use compressed air to force the piece of wood upward. I had luck doing this on an alloy post which had been pushed too far into the frame with no way to get a grip on it. Luckily the alloy post was the type with the closed end top.
Joe McKishen
Vineland, NJ