Help removing MM Caster/Camber plates

[stolher]

I am trying to get my caster camber plates off to instal a strut tower brace. It looks very straight forward but I can not remove the bolt off the front strut to save my life

I already blew up one allen key

Anyone have an original idea?

 

[kxt]

I have put a pair of vise grips on the piston rod in the fender well before... but that's for stock struts i'm going to throw away.

 

[stolher]

I was hoping to reuse

 

[tombo9876]

Soak it with pb blaster or equivalent and then try again. Could use a torch to heat up the nut as well

 

[stolher]

I ended up soaking in PB all night then I went to both of them with a 2ft breaker bar and I was barely able to break em loose, but I got em

 

[Fastphil]

It might have worked better if you tried loosening the nut instead of the shock shaft. The allen slot is there to keep the shaft from spinning while tightening/loosening the nut.