Quad Shock Bolt Stuck...any ideas?

Many remove the quad shocks and there are tons of posts about people ditching them for wider wheels, flipping them around, etc. I'm trying to flip mine around for the same reason - larger tires/wheels. My problem is that I can't get the bolt out! I've gotten the rear-most nut off, but I can't get the bolt out of the part by the wheel. I've sprayed it w/ WD-40 multiple times, tried a breaker bar over a 15mm wrench (the wrench doesn't fit perfectly, but it's the only size that fits. I've also put the impact on it pushing 120psi. Not only that, but I got the torch out and heated it up and then used the impact at 120psi and it still won't break loose!

Not real sure what to do at this point. How did you guys get yours off?

I wouldn't say it's rusted a lot, but it is kinda brownish - not sure if it's rust or what. Anyway, I've soaked it in WD-40, which is penetrating oil. I held the torch on it for a good 2-3 min. straight and the impact wrench is a craftsman pushed by a Craftsman 30 gal 150 psi tank at 120 psi and it wouldn't even budge.

I had the rear up on jacks (one under the diff. and one under the control arm and one jack stand, but the car was held up mostly by the jacks. Anyway, I had my head/body under the drivers rear wheelwell (I knew it was stupid when I did it) and I was pushing on a wrench and it pushed the car and it started falling and I had to get out real fast and the jack turned sideways, but the car is fine and I am too. The bad part is that my mom was 10 ft away on a riding lawnmower and didn't notice a thing. If I would have yelled, she prob. wouldn't have heard me and the jacks are POS's (the thing that brings the hydrallic arm thing back up is broken on two of them) anyway, so she prob. wouldn't have been able to get them to work.

It scared me enough that I'm gonna go buy a nice shop jack next weekend where I won't have to pump 15 times to get the car up and maybe a little better quality than the 20 yr old one we have or the other 2 cheap ones I got at wal-mart.

ram360 said:

I took mine off w/ a breaker bar. You are trying to back the bolt out right? B/C the nut is welded in place.

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Yes sir, I'm pushing bolt towards the back of the car, which should be loosening it since it's the opposite way. The impact was on reverse. Thanks though.