Need help removing toilet handle from tank

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Sara

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Hi! The nut and assembly connected to the toilet handle is corroded and stuck to the inside of the toilet tank. I’ve tried liquid wrench, and tapped the nut and assembly gently with a hammer, but the nut remains stubbornly “welded†to the inside tank wall. I can’t move it at all, using a wrench. Should I try to hack saw through the nut? I’m afraid of damaging or breaking the tank. Is there any way to get the handle and assembly off in order to replace it? Thank you.
 

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First, are you aware that the handle nut is left hand thread? If turning it CW does not budge, then it is hacksaw time.
 

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Please don't use toilet and hammer in the same sentence.

just use a hacksaw blade and not the whole handle assembly and in no time you'll be putting on your new handle.
 

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Thank you so very much for listening and giving me advice jimbo and plumber1!!!! I am so very grateful and happy! :) At last, the old handle is gone, after a loooooooooooooooong time of hack sawing with the blade. I wasn't able to move the nut with the wrench alone, even knowing which way to turn it. And for the toilet's sake, I kept the hammer out of reach, as advised!!

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
 
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