Rear Shock Removal

[grey_ghost]

Hi All,
LWB 61 Series 2 Ute.
Trying to remove the rear shocks - have new replacement ones, but having a devil of a time removing the old ones.
The car is on axle stands - the stocks are not under load. Wheels are off.
I removed the top nut/bolt - tight but got it off.
Can't budge the bottom nut. Any suggestions?
I have sprayed it with wd40 - but it's locked on tight.
I thought about putting the top bolt/nut back in - because the shock is twisting when I try to undo the bottom nut.
I thought about using a grinder/cutting disc and cutting the actual shock - at the lowest point of the shock, on top of the bracket that the shock sits in.
Thoughts? Ideas?
As always - any advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
The Grey Ghost

[langy]

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Pipe clamp, stilsens or big set of multigrips. Either way the shock is going so it doesn't matter. If you can get a hacksaw in behind the mount, that should work. Further up the shock ( as in where a grinder can get at ) might be messy. I last saw these at Supercheap $20.

[Mustlust]

I removed rusty old shocks recently and had the same problem. I cut the nuts with an angle grinder and tidied the thread with a wire brush on the grinder. New nylocks and all OK.