front end adjuster adjusting

[zen]

i'm a little stumped. i haven't dealt with adjusters before. 1st for some edumication. i would like to know if i am understanding them right. i have read several articles on how they install, but they never seem to cover this.

as the suspension is lowered, the adjusting bolt should move down shouldn't it? i am trying to raise my suspension and can't seem to get it all the way up. i am trying to raise it as i am putting dropped spindles on. the adjusters are both at their lowest position though. i figured this to be the position for when the suspension is trying to be set at its lowest. they were both almost all the way down when i first went to adjust it and when breaking the locknuts loose, they sprung down the last 3mm.

now that i am trying to raise it, i figured i would just move the bolts up and see what happens, but they will not budge. they seem to have tension on them. so am i to assume that these were put in by the PO offset to allow it to be lowered more than standard? any suggestions on how to correct this and get a little more height? i am at around 2" between the top of the tire and the bottom of the fender lip without gas, spare tire or occupants. so it is VERY close as to whether i can make this work at current settings.

sorry for the length.