If you are talking about the cable doo-hickey that drops the spare down, I had this issue a could of years ago. Murphys Law - snow storm, go out to play and the right rear tire lost a bead somehow. My cable was seized, so I applied liberal amounts of PB Blaster and then beat on it with a ball peen hammer. This dislodged what ever debris was in there locking it up.

Good luck - I remember how frustrating that was (especially laying in 6" of snow to do it) <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/angry.gif" alt="" />

1993 4Runner SR5 4WD V6 Auto - under the knife for a 1UZFE transplant

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