Well, I spent 4 hours attempting to swap axles left to right. Got all the bolts off at the flanges except one. It backed out 3 turns then bound up. I managed to round off the internal 12 points so now the 12 point tool wont grip it. Some say to drive a 12 mm 12 point socket over the bolt head to grip it. I dont think theres enough clearance away from the axle flange to do that, but next Monday I'll try it. Any other ideas?

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