I have done everything thing it says to remove that little bastard and it is still not comming out. i am tempted to just beat it with a large crowbar. it there anything that i am not doing? i even practiced on the new one. i am pulling the fork to the drivers side and inserting the flat tip screwdriver in between the lock collar and the TOB. and trying to twist it but it feels like i am forcing it.

 

it took me forever to get mine to release. sometimes they can just be a *****! i ended up using a large pry bar to pop mine loose.

 

if finally came off, after i beat the ever living **** out of it.

 

Could you have heated it up with a torch until it came loose, I heard that works .