i had a hard time, and i only took one side off. i bought a star socket to go on the end of the studs. it worked better than i thought it would...even after 230k miles. some of them broke, and i think i cut some in half after pulling them apart a bit. it took me a coupla days to get everything off. good luck man.....PB blaster is your friend

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