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I just had to remove the front wheel on my mountain bike for the first time since getting it, a year ago, and the Suntour q loc 2 thru axle was horribly stuck.
The axle nut is a strange collapsible contraption, but that wasn't what gave me grief, it was collapsing like it's meant to. In the end I needed to grab the axle at the lever end with pliers to yank it out, after freeing the other end with a mallet.
On getting it out, I could see only a tiny white smear of dried up grease on the axle. I assume this was the problem? I would be fucked if I had this problem on the roadside, so I have now greased it very very thoroughly. I haven't made a mistake have I?