Make sure you check your foot brake pedal (on the right side as you sit on the bike) to ensure that it is properly greased. Mine wasn't being greased by the dealer, and started to sieze. After struggling to get it off, and drilling and tapping a zerk fitting into it, it now works great. Just another one of those things to watch out for. P.S. Mine is ridden hard, with over 1300 miles in less than a year, so any non-Honda owners keep your comments to yourself....

 

Bob, I recently had this problem....but I finally figured out it was not much of a problem. This is a maintainence item for me. I had never regreased it. I now do both my Rancher and Rubicon brake pedals periodically to keep them nice and greased up. After all the mud and water miles any grease will disappear.

 

Well, I have this problem with mine now. How the heck did you get that brake arm off of there? I can't get it to budge.

 

Don't worry about removing it... like he said drill and zerk it, grease it, then work it loose.

 

You have to remove it to drill a zerk in it. I wrestled with mine for about an hour. No secrets, just a lot of tugging.

 

Heat 'N Beat. I used(judiciously) a propane torch. It can be a real pain in the a$$, but you will get it off.

 

I had the same problem. Did a quick fix simply with some WD-40 and a little sweat from working the pedal up and down by hand until it loosened and started to move freely. Now it's one of those regular items to keep an eye on and greased. I could still push the pedal down (with effort) to apply the brake, but it would stay there with the brake on - obviously not good. This happened with just under 300 miles on it so it doesn't take long.

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Did you heat up the shaft, or the arm itself...or both? So far, I've tried PB Blaster, and a gear puller, and it just laughed in my face. The crow bar doesn't phase it even if I put my 220 lbs. on the end of it. It's now sticking out of the wall of my garage from when I threw it. (My anger management classes are really helping) There really isn't a good angle to get a decent hammer strike on it. Guess I'll try the torch thing.

 

I CAREFULLY heated the pedal, not the shaft. I would heat, then apply WD, wiggle the pedal and curse. Then I would repeat the process again. I know that you can't get a standard gear puller on the damned thing, I tried a bunch of different ones! NOTE: Be careful to wipe off excess WD before heating the pedal. WD is EXTREMELY flammable!!! Then, after the removal, you can drill and tap the pedal for a grease fttng. so this does not happen again! (1/4"-20 Tap, if memory serves)
Good luck, be careful.

 

There is one more thing that yall will need to do. There is a cam that actuates the rear brakes. As it turns it pushes the pad out towards the drums. This will lock up in time also. Be sure to grease it too.