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Badbaldie:
got an old frame and forks cant get top nut off a tange head set , its tight as fook  >:( drowned it in wd 40 but try as i might it wont budge . not bothered to much about head set as im gona replace it but i got to get it off first ... HELP.

brettypeeps:
Use an angle grinder and take your time. Grind two of the side ( opposite) until they get thin then back to a spanner and it should snap.  Just gind slowly once you are through the worst of the metal you could swap to a course file so as no to damage the forks. :daumenhoch:

brettypeeps:
Try hitting it with a hammer to shock the corrosion into breaking

MartyC:
put a wheel into the forks and stand with the wheel between your knees, use a large pair of adjustables (not a swan neck) or a pair of Stilsons and undo it  :daumenhoch:

waza04:
there's no substitute for big amount of leverage...................  :crazy2:

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