Cannot get the slant brake off!

EBWhite · 04-04-2006, 04:12 AM

I have a yugo m70 parts kit. I know you got to push the pin down and then unscrew the flash hider off. Mine is stuck, no luck getting it off! any ideas?

Eugene Onegin · 04-04-2006, 04:47 AM

Are you turning it in the right direction?

dvanncvann · 04-04-2006, 06:55 AM

remember left hand thread

EBWhite · 04-05-2006, 01:23 AM

Okay guys this thing is pissing me off!

I tried turning it as a left handed thread (basically like tightening normal threads)...and still nothing. I dont want to mess anything up..anyone have any other suggestions...The pin that holds it is bottomed out and does not move, maybe its putting pressure and not allowing it to be turned?

sasm7 · 04-05-2006, 02:22 AM

Take a small flat head screw driver hold the pin down, than at the same time try turning the flash. If that doesn't work try some WD40 to loosen things up.

buzzer · 04-05-2006, 07:34 AM

I had one stuck on a gun I bought from an on-line auction. Tried everything - penetrating oil, Kroil, torch. No dice. Had to send it to an AK smith. He got it off by cutting it into pieces. Corrosion from years of firing corrosive ammo and never removing the brake to clean the threads.

Had to rethread and re-crown the muzzle. Hopefully, yours will not put up that much of a fight. Try soaking overnight in penetrating oil. If you don't care about gouging up the brake, put a pipe wrench or channel locks on that sucker. You can buy a new brake cheap...

chromekilla · 04-05-2006, 03:08 PM

Wrap 5-6 wraps of tape on the break soak it in oil over night before that take a screw driver hold the pin down put some visegrips or a pipe wrench and tug away.The tape should keep u from getting it to messed up.

buzzer · 04-06-2006, 07:29 AM

If you do heat it up, keep the barrel pointed down. If there is silver solder or some other adhesive in there, if the heat breaks it down, you don't want it to run down the barrel, cool and harden !!

Also, if you have been soaking in various oils and lubricants, it will make a lot of smoke as that stuff burns. Then the burnt residue is working against you. If you try heat, be ready to put the torque on it while its still hot.

amshooter · 12-28-2010, 10:17 AM

Thanks guys - I brought home my first AK clone yesterday (WASR-10 w/ 3 different serial numbers) and darn it if the slant brake was not frozen solid! The over night Kroil, torch & channel locks did the trick! The brake is now a bit chewed up, but the beauty of this rifle is that I really don't care. It's now spotless & lubed inside, but outside she's no looker- which I like very much! - Plywood stocks and all.

Rumnhammer · 12-28-2010, 02:22 PM

Something else you might want to check is for a small spot weld. My AK had a muzzle nut on the end of the threads, that was spot welded, so before getting it off, I dremeled the spot weld carefully and it came right off after that.

Chris Rummel

gunplumber · 12-28-2010, 06:37 PM

air hammer - brass head. Vibrate the heck out oif it, shatters/crumbles rust.

trizz · 12-28-2010, 06:39 PM

put some tussin on it

Dysfunction · 12-29-2010, 10:42 PM

drill a hole in it and find a way to get more leverage.

Mandaree36 · 12-29-2010, 10:54 PM

Nothing like dragging up a post from 2006.........

04-04-2006, 04:12 AM	#1
EBWhite Member AKaholic #: 5565 Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 59	Cannot get the slant brake off! I have a yugo m70 parts kit. I know you got to push the pin down and then unscrew the flash hider off. Mine is stuck, no luck getting it off! any ideas?

04-04-2006, 04:47 AM	#2
Eugene Onegin Member AKaholic #: 3958 Join Date: May 2005 Location: eastern panhandle of WV Posts: 424	Are you turning it in the right direction? __________________ " Truth can never be reached by just listening to the voice of authority" Sir Francis Bacon

12-28-2010, 06:37 PM	#11
gunplumber Arrogant Bastard AKaholic #: 328 Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Surprise, AZ Posts: 2,731	air hammer - brass head. Vibrate the heck out oif it, shatters/crumbles rust. __________________ T. Mark Graham, Master Gunsmith Arizona Response Systems

12-28-2010, 06:39 PM	#12
trizz Veteran Member AKaholic #: 43163 Join Date: May 2009 Location: OMAHA NEBRASKA USA Posts: 1,046	put some tussin on it __________________ "I say live and let live. Anyone who can't accept that should be executed." -George Carlin

12-29-2010, 10:54 PM	#14
Mandaree36 2nd Class Member Platinum Contributor AKaholic #: 4562 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: North Dakota Posts: 14,530	Nothing like dragging up a post from 2006......... __________________ CENSORED.. I wont check my religious beliefs at the door....to accomodate you - nor will I apologize for them... We do not ask for your poor or your hungry. We do not want your sick and tired. It is your corrupt we claim. It is your evil that will be sought by us. With every breath we shall hunt them down. Each day we will spill their blood. ‘Till it rains down from the skies приедьте и получите некоторых Вы трусы

04-04-2006, 06:55 AM	#3
dvanncvann Member AKaholic #: 5512 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: GEORGIA Posts: 468	remember left hand thread

04-05-2006, 01:23 AM	#4
EBWhite Member AKaholic #: 5565 Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 59	Okay guys this thing is pissing me off! I tried turning it as a left handed thread (basically like tightening normal threads)...and still nothing. I dont want to mess anything up..anyone have any other suggestions...The pin that holds it is bottomed out and does not move, maybe its putting pressure and not allowing it to be turned?

04-05-2006, 02:22 AM	#5
sasm7 Member AKaholic #: 4262 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Arizona Posts: 385	Take a small flat head screw driver hold the pin down, than at the same time try turning the flash. If that doesn't work try some WD40 to loosen things up.

04-05-2006, 07:34 AM	#6
buzzer Member AKaholic #: 3205 Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 49	I had one stuck on a gun I bought from an on-line auction. Tried everything - penetrating oil, Kroil, torch. No dice. Had to send it to an AK smith. He got it off by cutting it into pieces. Corrosion from years of firing corrosive ammo and never removing the brake to clean the threads. Had to rethread and re-crown the muzzle. Hopefully, yours will not put up that much of a fight. Try soaking overnight in penetrating oil. If you don't care about gouging up the brake, put a pipe wrench or channel locks on that sucker. You can buy a new brake cheap...

04-05-2006, 03:08 PM	#7
chromekilla Minor In Possession AKaholic #: 4622 Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 764	Wrap 5-6 wraps of tape on the break soak it in oil over night before that take a screw driver hold the pin down put some visegrips or a pipe wrench and tug away.The tape should keep u from getting it to messed up.

04-06-2006, 07:29 AM	#8
buzzer Member AKaholic #: 3205 Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 49	If you do heat it up, keep the barrel pointed down. If there is silver solder or some other adhesive in there, if the heat breaks it down, you don't want it to run down the barrel, cool and harden !! Also, if you have been soaking in various oils and lubricants, it will make a lot of smoke as that stuff burns. Then the burnt residue is working against you. If you try heat, be ready to put the torque on it while its still hot.

12-28-2010, 10:17 AM	#9
amshooter New Member AKaholic #: 155333 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: CA Posts: 1	Thanks guys - I brought home my first AK clone yesterday (WASR-10 w/ 3 different serial numbers) and darn it if the slant brake was not frozen solid! The over night Kroil, torch & channel locks did the trick! The brake is now a bit chewed up, but the beauty of this rifle is that I really don't care. It's now spotless & lubed inside, but outside she's no looker- which I like very much! - Plywood stocks and all.

12-28-2010, 02:22 PM	#10
Rumnhammer Member AKaholic #: 145988 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Baltimore MD Posts: 233	Something else you might want to check is for a small spot weld. My AK had a muzzle nut on the end of the threads, that was spot welded, so before getting it off, I dremeled the spot weld carefully and it came right off after that. Chris Rummel

12-29-2010, 10:42 PM	#13
Dysfunction Member AKaholic #: 154933 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 168	drill a hole in it and find a way to get more leverage.

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