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Juels.
Because the bolt spans an air gap you can get corrosion along the whole length of the bolt.
I found a long bar - lots of penetrating oil and little turns back and forth eventually got them out. I also tried to derust the part of the bolt visible in the air gap.

PS you dont need a special tool to spread the strut - I just put the bolt in from the wrong side (having cleaned the thread with a tap and inserted a piece of metal plate into the gap for the bolt to push the strut apart.

Well today i decided to try the old method as above and got the bolt moving nicely, little at a time using heat, plus gas, long bar and a long ratchet.

You can what i was dealing with below.
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After a while slowly got it started and the bolts was moving, so tightening and undoing bit by bit.
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The disaster stuck and the bolts snapped.
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Now i have the task of trying to remove the thread out of the hub

So the update so far is the sheared bolt as now been cut in the middle, and I've managed to drill the bolt out to 7mm just leaving about 3mm until you would damage the thread in the hub few photo as always below.

Jack up remove the wheel turn it so you get better access.
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Remove drop link and any wiring in the way.
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Used grinder to make the cut in the centre of the clamp.
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Just touched it at first.
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Then a little bit more.
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Finally right through.
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I then started to drill out the threaded part of the bolt.
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Managed to drill through with 7mm drill bit, tomorrow will see me trying to remove the rest of the bolt

Ok so just a quick report, after a few days of trying to slowly drill out the sheared bolt i gave up, decided to get a second hand hub from a local breaker on Thursday morning, spent another few hours cleaning the hub up.

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wire wheeled and scraped then added some anti rust proofing.
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Left that to dry the rest of the day to tackle the bottom ball joint
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What a nightmare that turned out to be, more info to come.