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So I've pulled tires, and hubs off. After that I spent an hour trying to get the axle nuts loose. Two pipe wrenches with a cheater pipe and it's not budging. Suggestions??
Dremel off the old nuts and just buy new ones. Be careful to torque the inside one lightly to spec, otherwise you'll crush the wiper seal. Ask me how I know...

Edit: if you don't have enough space to cut the inside nut into 2 halves, just cut the outside one. Then the inside one should spin off. Don't cut into the axle threads though.... Just cut deep enough so you can pry/break it off.
 

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when faced with this problem ^^^ ?, I use a BFH, and my big chisel , and whack that nut loose, some times this is the only way.
 

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at least with the chisel method, you only destroy the axle nut, and not the threads on the axle !.
 
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