Dropper seat post removal.

[The EMF]

Hi all……..I’m going to give my seat post a service, any tips or hacks that make removal from the bike easier would be appreciated.
Cheers ?

 

[Rik08]

Hi all……..I’m going to give my seat post a service, any tips or hacks that make removal from the bike easier would be appreciated.
Cheers ?

Make sure you push the cable into the battery compartment to as much cable as possible, maybe even loosen the dropper lever and move on bars to allow more to be pushed into Downtube. Loosen seat post clamp and pull out as far as possible, keep pushing cable into downtube.. at bottom of seatpost you can see the mount for the cable, release this to remove the post, a little fiddly but possible!!

 

[RustyMTB]

^^^ That is decent advice. Only one thing to add, do not kink the outer cable under any circumstances, you can stiffen up the action to the point of becoming unusable with even a few degrees bend in the cable.

 

[SwissMountainLeader]

That’s funny, I just took mine off this morning. Different model but the advice is still good - get as much slack in the cable as possible and it’s easier to remove and refit. There’s a squeak and creak coming from mine so I was messing with that.

The cable ended up with a tiny bit too much tension after refitting so I took it off with the barrel connector.

 

[The EMF]

Make sure you push the cable into the battery compartment to as much cable as possible, maybe even loosen the dropper lever and move on bars to allow more to be pushed into Downtube. Loosen seat post clamp and pull out as far as possible, keep pushing cable into downtube.. at bottom of seatpost you can see the mount for the cable, release this to remove the post, a little fiddly but possible!!

thanks for quick reply ?

 

[The EMF]

^^^ That is decent advice. Only one thing to add, do not kink the outer cable under any circumstances, you can stiffen up the action to the point of becoming unusable with even a few degrees bend in the cable.

Thanks for quick reply ?

 

[The EMF]

That’s funny, I just took mine off this morning. Different model but the advice is still good - get as much slack in the cable as possible and it’s easier to remove and refit. There’s a squeak and creak coming from mine so I was messing with that.

The cable ended up with a tiny bit too much tension after refitting so I took it off with the barrel connector.

Thanks for quick reply ?

 

[The EMF]

Sorted dropper post yesterday afternoon……..f**k it was in a sorry state. Can’t believe how much shite was inside the dropper internals, the cable actuated trigger had virtually seized and the so called grease had turned into a thick grey paste..
I lubricated the top tube grommet with dry silicone lube and that enabled the cable outer to slide through no bother.
All in all a good service call….will order a re-fresh kit for next dropper service.

 

[Wave]

I’m interested if other e150S owners have had this problem too? I took mine for a major service and also had this dropper post problem, trashed seals and muck etc. Mine was past redemption and I have had another on after 15 months and 500 miles. Cheap components for the original dropper …. disappointing.