I don't know that epoxy would have been used since it already has a pin. It might have been welded to make it ban compliant, but I can see no evidence of a weld. I don't know that epoxy would make it ban compliant. My bet is it is just very frozen, but I could be wrong.
When you apply heat
gently to the brake (the female end of the fitting) it will expand, as well as soften any adhesive. Depress the pin, and turn the brake
clockwise carefully to loosen it. The threads on the AK and the brake are the opposite of normal. It you are willing to damage the brake, clamp a pair of vise-grips to it (the brake), and then gently tap the vice-grips with a small hammer while applying heat. That might break any seal too. WD-40 is an OK penetrator, but
PB Blaster, Torch, Liquid Wrench or BreakFree is much better. Spray the brake and fitting and
let it sit overnight before applying heat or pressure.
Whatever you do,
do it gently and
do it easy to avoid screwing up your AK.
Start with a candle, and we might graduate to a torch, but I would really hesitate to do that yet - too big a chance of me screwing up the barrel temper or the front sight.
We need Rock and Glock back since he's more of an AK expert
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I have some other resources to try if these don't work - just keep us posted. Good luck. :smoke23:
My idea of gunsmithing is a bigger hammer, good duct tape and baling wire, so ya'll be careful.