Aha! Turns out I needed to use the medium persuader rather than the small one! I decided i'd been too soft on it so rather than tapping it I managed to rotate it with grips and then belted it a few times and it started to shift. After that it moved ok. I'll Use suggestions to put more zerks in - but then I think lubricating it generally will help.... It was all a bit dry in there. Interestingly the shaft looks to have a bit of surface corrosion but I'll defer judgement until it's properly cleaned.
Onwards!
Thanks for your help all..
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