Finally got the stupid brake off....
Not before it got messy, though. First, I was looking at all these threads and people were saying how easy it was, so I didn't expect to spend the time that I did on this project. I yanked out the two pins no problem, but after that, I couldn't untorque the brake. So I decided to split it, but the metal was not brittle enough, so all I had was a half a mini-y comp with two large chisel gouges down the side, nearly 1mm to the crown of the barrel. I even left the damn barrel in Kroil overnight, but I still couldn't get enough torque on the sucker even on a vise (the vise couldn't grip it enough). So finally I just got a friend, said "screw it", and I held my M4 down on the table by the sight bases, gave him a 3/4" wrench, and told him to turn as hard as he could. The brake FINALLY unscrewed, but the amount of torque applied was enormous, nearly 40 ft/lbs. Isn't that the torque rating for wheel lugnuts??? Anyway, I am glad I got it off, now I am waiting for the Phantom
hapsGood luck!!!