B747-100 CREW HAD A CSD THAT WAS OVERHEATING; AND WERE UNABLE TO DISCONNECT. THIS REQUIRED AN INFLT ENG SHUTDOWN. THE CAPT REFUSED TO DECLARE AN EMER AND HAD A TRACK AND ALTDEV IN PACIFIC OCEANIC RVSM AIRSPACE.

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IN CRUISE FLT; APPROX 2 HRS 30 MINS OUT OF HNL BOUND FOR NFFN (NADI; FIJI); FE NOTED #3 CSD TEMP APPROACH AND THEN EXCEED RED LINE TEMP. CAPT'S LEG; XFERRED ACFT CTL TO ME TO RUN CSD DISCONNECT PROC. CSD FAILED TO DISCONNECT; WHICH REQUIRES INFLT ENG SHUTDOWN. CAPT RESUMED ACFT CTL AND I RAN SHUTDOWN CHKLIST WITH FE; WHILE ATTEMPTING CONTACT WITH ZOA VIA COMRDO OPERATOR VIA HF. I ADVISED CAPT NEAREST AIRWAY WAS TO N (B580); AND RECOMMENDED L TURN OFF AIRWAY AND TO DECLARE AN EMER; AS THIS IS RVSM AIRSPACE. CAPT ELECTED TO TURN R (N) AND TO NOT DECLARE AN EMER; AS HE DID NOT WANT TO '...CAUSE ANY COMMOTION BACK IN HNL....' I ADVISED COMRDO; WHO WOULD THEN ADVISE ZOA OF OUR INTENT TO RETURN TO HNL; OF OUR CHOSEN COURSE OF ACTION. IT TOOK COMRDO NEARLY 3 MINS TO CALL US BACK WITH A CLRNC DIRECT CANNS INTXN; A579; CARRP DIRECT HNL FL220 (OUR MAX 3 ENG ALT). WE PERFORMED ALL REQUIRED CHKLISTS; HAD COMRDO ADVISE COMPANY AND LANDED HNL UNEVENTFULLY. AFTER FLT; I ADVISED CAPT THAT I THOUGHT WE SHOULD HAVE REVERSED COURSE 25 NM S OF THE AIRWAY AND DECLARED AN EMER AS PER THE INFLT CONTINGENCY SECTION OF THE COMMERCIALLY PUBLISHED PACIFIC ENRTE CHART; DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF CONFLICTING TFC IN RUSH AIRSPACE ON A BUSY RTE. UNFORTUNATELY; THE CAPT DISAGREED; FORTUNATELY NOTHING HAPPENED -- THIS TIME. ALSO; AFTER FLT; HNL TWR TOLD US BY PHONE THAT WE WERE ESCORTED BY 2 F15'S INBOUND.