How do you remove the front flare nut?

The nut is on the other side. Remove the brake line and the the nut right next to it can come off. The hex on the hose side is just to hold the line with a wrench.

 

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While you are noodling over it soak the thing in PB blaster or kroil. You can see the tab in your picture pry that up and off and the brakeline/metal line will be free. The metal lines often have enough play to bring the small hex likely 10mm forward to where the big nut at the end of the rubber line is. Once you have this complex in this position you can put 2 wrenchs on there and squeeze. Be very careful. I have seen hamfisted diy guys rip the metal hose and then you will have some real work to do.

Sometimes you need more force use the crows foot and turn the brake line end once loose from the clip. It looks like you are close to being able to turn the crows foot and you might have more room once clip is removed the unit will float in a hole larger than the diameter of the unit.

When fittings are old and tight I like using line wrenchs to engage more hex get more support.

 

Pull the metal tab.
Hold the small metal end.
Turn the large 17mm fitting on the hose end.

 

A open end wrench works just fine also

 

A flare nut wrench works just fine.
There, fixed it for ya. ;-)

 

I’m saying it fits in the space

 

Nice update. That sway bar looks custom?!?!