Siezed Goose Neck

[seetheusachevy]

Before back the bolt for the goose neck out all the way and really screw my self over, I want to know if anyone else has experienced this.

The goose neck is sized up on my Schwinn American. It was like this when I found the bike 15 years ago. You can back the bolt up, smack it with a dead blow and it wont move. Twisting the bars wont do a thing either. I have tried penetrating oil too. I fear the only way this will ever come apart is with heat. And I don't want to do that. Anyone ever experienced this before?

 

[Ratfink1962]

I just went thru the same thing with my 41 western flyer. I tried everything I could think of... PB blaster, heat, hammers, leverage, punches, drills. Finally had to cut the top of the gooseneck off to get the fork out. Once I got the fork off the bike, I also had to cut the steer tube to get the rest of the neck out. Pretty brutal.

Good luck with it.

 

[No Talent Clown]

Not that it's funny, but this also happened to an American belonging to a friend of mine. After a few hours of sitting with a combo of WD and Triflow we had the crown of the fork wrapped in a rag and in a vise and with quite a bit of careful finessing the two of us wrenched it loose. It definitely was not easy. The stem ended up suffering a bit, but was one of those "pressed" Wald ones. I guess I would suggest the WD and Triflow, patience to let that stuff soak and some careful muscle. I've done the torch. It wasn't a heck of alot easier.

 

[deorman]

repeatedly saturate with penetrating oil over a period of days, and use a steel head instead of dead-blow hammer. It's probably bulged/bent/distorted as well as corroded, you might have to cut it.

 

[JLarkin]

It doesn't take alot of heat usually. Propane is often enough. Yes it can damage paint but I have never seen it discolor chrome. It is not that hot. However it may be the missing link for you. I would try it. It will boil the penetrating oil and make it wick down the steerer further also.

 

[dos cruiser]

I had one on an old Phantom frame a while back, soaked in pb for day and it was still tight, so I got out my 3' pipe wrench and locked the fork in between my leggs with a 2x4 and popped it's neck out.