SLX lever, olive has been over tightened, its totally stuck- undone screw and pulled and wiggled, cant move it. Used yellow blocks in vice pulled as hard as possible and hose just pulled out of yellow blocks. There is about 3 inches of hose (seller cut rest off) which is getting mashed from holding it with grips etc,. Left it with penetractive fluid overnight, just to see.

Hot water on lever bit ?

Any ideas ?

put a screw inside the hose and then clamp in a vice – the hose will be held in place between the screw/vice without slipping and you’ll be able to pull harder

sold as seen. 🙂

Clamp the hose it the vice to seal the end.
Put brake fluid into the brake then pull the lever in while also pulling the brake away from the vice.

The hydrolic pressure from the brake should be enough to break the seal the olive has on the lever body.

I’ll take my new merino top off befoe trying that one !

If you let the oil soak in you’ll also have a waterproof merino top. 😉

Clamp hose in the vice so you leave about 1-2mm gap between top of vice and lever body. Then get 2 screwdrivers, one either side of the hose wedged between the vice and body then lever up on the screwdrivers. Hopefully that should do it.

Otherwise Scruff, I work in Hixon at the airfield so if you can get it over to me I can have a go for you

put the lever in the vice, tie a rope to a plane, attach it to the hose…

I had exactly this with a set of XTs.
Try getting a hairdryer on the lever body and get it nice and warm, then have a good old tug.

At least you’ll fell better. IGMC

Thanks everyone including Andy for replies, after 3 days of trying out everyones tips it came off with a soak in oil and several good hard tugs.