stuck GT380 rear brake lever

[jabcb]

The GT380 oil leak & oil pump are fixed. Carbs cleaned. Started fairly easily & it ran much better than expected.
Now on to a few cold-weather projects.

The rear brake lever is stuck and doesn’t budge if you pound on it with a heavy rubber mallet.
And penetrating oil didn’t help.

Is there a puller that will hook on to the base of the brake lever?
Any other suggestions?

[GTandcbr]

The rear brake lever is attached to the splined actuater shaft and secured by a pinch bolt. Once the bolt is removed a large screwdriver pushed into the slot wiggled from side to side. A bit of pulling should free the armature off. The actuator shaft can seize in the alloy drum but once the drum is off gentle tapping may push it out. I always apply a smear of grease on the actuator every time the drum is off. Hope this helps

[jabcb]

That’s for the advice, but I’m trying to get the brake lever off of the frame. (The other brake lever).

[GTandcbr]

Sorry got the wrong end of the stick(literally) how about applying some gentle heat to the lever maybe it will expand a bit.

[jabcb]

Problem solved.

Applied penetrating oil every day or so.
Then lever started to budge when I really pounded on the pedal with a rubber mallet.
Used a small pry bar to create axial force + continued pounding to move the lever back & forth.