This is a bit like shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted, but the trick with these is to mark the position of the nut relative to the flange and count the number of turns on removal, then replace the nut and flange in the same place. Since you have already removed the nut, you now have a quandary! The ideal solution is to replace the compression tube (I understand new ones are still available, just about) Or possibly introduce a shim washer or 2 on the compression tube and re-torque, i've not tried this personally, but logic says it should work.
As for getting the old one out, they always seem very hard to remove in the original steel framed design, you just have to persevere, crowbars, chisels, drills, whatever you have to do, just try not damage the case!
As an aside, it is sometimes extremely difficult to get the bearing off the shaft, to access the compression tube too!
Steve
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