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Oh right, well it came out with minimal effort (this frame could be 20 years old though). There's a lip holding it in place now but I'm wondering if I should just book the whole thing in for a service and get the rear triangle bushes done at the same time. £175 at evans though!
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I'd shop around, you can service one thing at a time, the bushing and seat collar usually required regular service.
Evans is expensive, to give you an idea of the rear hinge service, I quote £45 for 45 minutes labour, the approx time it take to removed the rear triangle, axles, bushing, fit new bushing, axles, and bolt, every once in a while it take an hour.
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Nah, just a light reaming will make it smoother, you shouldn't be able to take out the plastic collar as it glued to the frame using a solvent that I can only obtain from Brompton.
TBF a lots of Brompton come with a slightly sticky seattube for some reason (we were taught to ream it slightly if it come like that).
Just to be clear, the photo I've posted earlier is not for the Brompton.