Stuck rear shock nut

Hi everyone. Currently trying to replace my Icon 2.0 shocks on the rear of my 2nd gen Taco. The top nut is stuck. When I lock the shock body from spinning, it looks like the whole bolt assembly itself is trying to unscrew itself from the shock body. Any tips on how to keep the bolt from spinning off the body? My next step is to try using heat on the nut, but I'm wary with it being so close to the bed. Thanks in advance

 

WD40?

 

I would start with a rust penetrator. If you don't mind marring the shock shaft you can use a pipe wrench to try and hold the shaft still. Otherwise go to a shop and have them remove it. They'll have shock shaft jaws to keep the shaft from spinning. But since you're removing the shock you're prob not going to put it back on so you can always cut it off.
Fox 2.0 w/no res, go to a shop and they'll replace it for $30 after buying the replacement.

 

Thanks so far. It's been sitting in liquid wrench/PB Blaster the past few days. It's not the shaft itself that's spinning, rather the mounting bolt that screws onto the shock body. Not enough room to get grips on it. I'm going to try to get a nut splitter next

 

There "should" be flats on the stem top to keep it from spinning. If not cut it off above the frame and you can install a new stem from Icon.

 

No sure about Icons, but some have an allen key hole on top of the stud.

 

^^^^what he said. OR call icon and ask if it even matters if that stud comes out. If it doesn’t matter if you unthread the stud, which it probably doesn’t, just unthread it and order new stud and buy from icon. They’re awesome with replacement parts and can get you anything you need

 

OP this is exactly what I used. Bang it out with a rubber mallet once complete. Good luck!

 

Hey OP
what did you end up doing?

 

Ended up experience the same issue RIGHT now as I type this. The bolt stem on the top part of the shock is removing itself from the shock body. Meanwhile, that stem removing itself is causing the nut to have zero torque on it, and is therefore not loosening :/

 

What I do when this happens is pull the wheel, take a grinder and grind two flat opposing faces into the rod so I can put a wrench on the rod to keep it from spinning.

Takes about a minute to grind the rod flat and the nut comes right off once you can get a wrench on the rod.