Rear brake pedal frozen

[Anonymous]

HELP!
My rear brake pedal is frozen. It won't move at all.
I have removed the connection to the rear master cylinder, figuring that there was something wrong with the hydraulics, but even with all connections removed, the pedal won't budge. It is almost as if it were siezed or welded or something.
Does anyone have any ideas?
P.S. I have an 80 GS850G with 44,000 miles.

[shaftzuki]

Have you tried to lubricate the shaft the brake pedal pivots on?? 8)

[Anonymous]

Rear brake pedal frozen

Unfortunately, I did try to inject WD40, LiquidWrench and the likes onto and into the shaft, without any success. I also tapped the shaft with a rubber mallet to see if I could get the lubricant to penetrate into the shaft. I am at a complete loss.

[Anonymous]

brakes

it is seized from lack of lube. remove brake pedal. you need a large hammer and if possable a piece of bar to use as a punch about 3/4-1 inch round(brass is best it is softer than steel so does no damage to the shaft) on some models you have to remove swing arm to remove shaft. be prepared for a bit of work the last one i did took me over 2 hours it was rusted solid. when you reassemble use anti-seize grease. you should take it right out and clean with wire buff.
ozman

[Anonymous]

Thanks, I will try that this weekend and post back on Monday what the results were..