Remove lower steering shaft?

Tiny
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The shaft has an upper and lower bolt, I was able to remove the lower one but can't break the upper one loose using hand tools. Of course, the upper bolt is beneath the power brake booster, and you can't get a good angle on it, both show to require 40 ft lbs of torque. The lower bolt looked to have blue thread lock on it, do you know if the upper uses red thread lock making it difficult to remove?
Thank you,
James Kennedy
Monday, October 7th, 2024 AT 9:30 AM

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Tiny
MECHTRIX
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You need heat to melt and liquify the loctite then it should come off.
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Monday, October 7th, 2024 AT 10:48 AM
Tiny
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Thank you for your rapid response.
James Kennedy
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Monday, October 7th, 2024 AT 11:12 AM
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Thank you MECHTRIX, have not seen you in a while :)
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Thursday, October 10th, 2024 AT 11:22 AM

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