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.I heated and cooled and sprayed with penetrating oil. I did it again and let it sit overnight. This afternoon, I put the LAP over the breaker bar and there... it moved. Just a little, but it moved. I did it again, and again and again. Maybe a quarter turn at a time. It was moving! After about 50 times it occurred to me that maybe there's a nut under there somewhere. I looked under and up. Nope. I tried some more. That's when I noticed three nasty bolts in the skid rail. Now... where in the directions did it say... remove these bolts? You know bolts 1, 2 and 3 and their cousins on the other side 4, 5 and 6? Potty mouth... so I've come to the conclusion that not only do men have trouble asking for directions apparently @Guyfang has trouble giving directions. And really, why does this generator set need forklift shields? Can't y'all run your fork into the hole and straight through? And what do y'all do with said bolts 1 - 6? Is it enough that you torque them to high heaven? Noooo, you gotta put six coats of paint on them. Sheesh! Metric wrenches came in handy on these American standard bolts.
I was just so mad at myself for not picking up on that detail in the TM. Once I got the the forklift shield off, there they were: two shiny nuts. There was good news too. There was a clear shot to them where I could use my impact wrench. Had I finally caught a break? Nope. They wouldn't budge, At this point I began to worry that if I ever got them off I would never be able to torque the replacements because my torque wrench doesn't have a sumo wrestler setting. Grrr....
This is where I sinned. I'm sorry @Guyfang, I know you told me never to use this tool. But I broke down just this once.
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Yes, yes, I admit it. I used a vise grip to keep the nut from spinning. Eeek...
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I'm so durned proud of myself!
I believe there is a special exception granted for the use of Vice Grips on bolts or nuts that will be trashed after removal.