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R34 GTT lower control arm/wish bone ball socket nut stuck

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So my bad driving made the LCA-A/wish bone make love with a curb and now needs replacing, i got the part and pulled the two bolts out and removed the sway bar. But now i got the ball joint and the nut is in the dumbest place i have ever seen, better yet its locked on tight with the 22 open end not being able to move it and the closed end not thin enough to fit onto it, any ideas on how to get the nut off before i buy a dremil and cut the whole nut off.

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Ahh, I incorrectly assumed front. I can't see a nut on that ball joint but it's obviously a crap place to get a pic.  Taking the drive shaft out of the hub is only 1 nut away...

Have you been able to separate the joint from the hub yet? Easier to do that with the nut still on, regardless of method you are using (ball joint separator vs bash the crap out of it because you aren't re-using it). Once it's separated undo (or cut off) the nut

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