Trying to remove the front axle nut (hub nut) in order to change the wheel bearing on my 2007 Kawasaki Prairie 360. I've tried a 1/2' air impact, 1/2" electric impact, 4' cheater pipe with a 1/2" breaker bar and heat from a bottle torch. I cannot get the nut to budge. It doesn't look like it has ever been removed. The repair manual makes no note that it is left-handed so I'm assuming that it is right hand threaded. I don't want to cut the nut off as I would probably mess up the axle threads and have to replace the CV axle assembly. Plus, I hoped to use the ATV this weekend.

Anyone run into this before? Any suggestions? Is this perhaps left-hand threaded (would need to know for certain).

I finally got it loose. I sprayed it heavily a couple of times with PB Blaster, put the impact socket on it and gave it a few hard raps after each spraying, and let it sit overnight. When I put the impact to it today, it broke free. It is right hand threaded. The axle nut is tapered and fits into a tapered recess in the hub. There must have been corrosion or oxidation there causing it to be stuck.