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You might as well try this:
-Heat the nut a bit, only the nut, not the shaft.
-Melt some candle wax into the threads. With the nut hot, the wax should be drawn into the threads
-spray some WD-40 or equivalent on the shaft
-Hit it with the impact wrench.
-Repeat if necessary
The idea is to lubricate to threads with the the wax and create a temperature differential with a hot nut and a cooler shaft so that the nut expands slightly on the shaft. I did this successfully on my rusty exhaust hardware.
I modified the procedure from this source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFdFsfSAuyc
Good luck.
Last edited by DMC-81; 12-05-2017 at 02:41 AM.
Dana
1981 DeLorean DMC-12 (5 Speed, Gas Flap, Black Interior, Windshield Antenna, Dark Gray)
Restored as "mostly correct, but with flaws corrected". Pictures and comments of my restoration are in the albums section on my profile.
1985 Chevrolet Corvette, Z51, 4+3 manual
2006 Dodge Magnum R/T (D/D)
2010 Camaro SS (Transformers Edition)