if you still can't get it, then there's still other stuff to try.
I was doing the EXACT same thing. I finally got it just last night at around 1 am. not kidding. so that's today, actually. I snipped about a six inch line of coat hanger and used a small screw driver. I'm assuming you've taken out the metal rod in the hole by now. another thing that helped me was to stick something....do you know the spring part you had to push down to get the metal rod loose? I stuck an big allen wrench in there to hold the spring in so it would move the plate covering part of the hole. Then I followed the tip of that metal plate straight down with the coat hanger piece, there's a small wedge shape directly below the tip of the metal piece. jam the coat hanger in there. Then on the direct opposite side, you see the long protruding metal piece that the rod was up against? look down there, and if you follow the metal piece directly down, you'll see another wedge-shaped spot. stick the screw driver in there. if you still can't get it, PM me and I'd be glad to post some pictures or a youtube video showing you exactly what to do.
good luck
