The description said something about it being 'stiff.' Well, I've done 3 or 4 Speed Kings so I figured it would be business as usual.
This is the WORST. The lubricant is like freaking concrete. The goo is beyond recognition. There is one drive post I can NOT get out of the column.
What do you soak these in to loosen them up? Mineral spirits? Gasoline? Brake fluid (that's a favorite of an old mechanic friend of mine. When confronted with frozen calipers or whatever, he'd soak them in brake fluid -- thought it was the thinnest. Didn't always work)
Plan B, starting to look likely, is to salvage for parts and save the headache...
DOH