Greg,
Again before you go through all that trouble, try heat and impact. I used a top quality impact and leaned on it. it wouldn't budge. I applied a little heat with my smoke wrench and it buzzed right out. I saw evidence of blue loctite. Also make sure the allen socket doesn't say Taiwan or China on it anywhere. The melted loctite trick works on steering wheels, load leveling struts, tailgate shocks and many other apps.

Good luck,
Peter

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