Stuck e-brake lever on brake caliper

[jelly man]

I have a stuck e-brake lever on the right caliper of my 85 subaru. I took the boot off and it is very rusted inside. I hit every thing with pb blaster and tried hammering the lever back and forth and hammering the shaft it attaches to up and down but nothing budges. How do I free the lever? Could there be something wrong inside other than rust that would lock it up? I searched and couldn't find any answers. Help-advice anyone?

[zstalker]

keep dousing the whole thing with PB Blaster every day for a few days, let it work its way in. If rust is your issue, that'll eventuall crack through.

if you can't get anywhere, maybe I'll swing by and see if I can help sometime...you're over really close to my in-laws' house.

~Erik~

[Numbchux]

I had that problem on one of my lifted wagons. after a week or so I managed to get it so it could be moved by hand, but it still wouldn't release on it's own, everytime I used the ebrake, I'd have to get out, reach around the tire, and manually release it.

 

I spent a couple months like that, trying to clean and lubricate it, and it never got any better. IMHO, time for a new caliper.

[NV Zeno]

I had that problem on one of my lifted wagons. after a week or so I managed to get it so it could be moved by hand, but it still wouldn't release on it's own, everytime I used the ebrake, I'd have to get out, reach around the tire, and manually release it.

 

I spent a couple months like that, trying to clean and lubricate it, and it never got any better. IMHO, time for a new caliper.

 

Took the words right out of my mouth .

 

Got a used caliper from the Pick-N-Pull, back on the road again:clap: .

[jelly man]

Just got a used caliper for $10 and installed it.