i recently bought a 96 hatch with function form F2s and i tried to lower the back some more since the previous owner had it about 2-3 inches higher than the front but anyway one side came down easy as pie and the driver side the whole thing spins. i tried PB blaster for 3 days and nothing. i tried to hit the locking perch with a screwdriver and hammer nothing. i tried 2 vise grips on each and going opposite directions and still nothing. so now im stuck and frustrated... anybody have any other recommendations? any help will be greatly appreciated thank you.

 

49 views and nobody has any input? no tricks?

 

u took the tire off and have the car in the air???..sometimes if there's too much weight on it , it wont spin..

 

My perches got stuck too, sounds like you tried everything I tried as well. My result is I disassembled the whole part and got a new perch.

 

Did you try the spanner with cheater pipes?

 

i did have the car up with the tire off ill try and see if i can get under it without the car being up in the air. i do not have the spanner ( if thats the wrench that comes with it ) im just using vise grips, screw driver/hammer and a big *** adjustable wrench. im going to go at it again tomorrow.

 

make sure your spinning them the right way! haha

 

to the left right? bottom one goes to the left to loosen it up correct? or am i retard? lmao

 

so i finally got fed up and took it out taking it to work tomorrow going to see if i can compress the spring and see if that helps if not take it to the vise and go at it