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Old Apr 21, 1999 | 09:08 AM
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Someone asked about their stuck armrest. I ended up mailing it to the wrong person this morning when the site was down. Here is the fix. (I copied it straight from my email)<p>> I had the problem with the armrest too. I think it happens because of<br>> the coin holder that I put in there stretching the armrest just a little<br>> bit.<br>> <br>> Get a thin piece of metal, a letter opener or knife will do.<br>> Slide it in the left side (drivers side) from the front, between the<br>> side panel and front. (There is only one place to slide it in). It will<br>> reach a metal pin which fell out of alignment making the button<br>> unuseable. You can snap it in place with the knife and the button will<br>> work again.<br>> <br>> If you look at the mechanism, there is the button attached to a pin<br>> (from side to side). The pin is attached somehow to the swivel in back.<br>> The pin gets out of whack with the button so pressing it does nothing. <br>> You can use the knife to activate the pin and move it up and down. Once<br>> I moved it up and down a couple times manually the button snapped back<br>> into place with the pin. There may be a more technical way of doing<br>> this, but it beats taking the whole thing apart. <br>> <br>> I took mine to the dealer too and they looked at it and said, bring it<br>> in to service. I decided to take matters in to my own hands at that<br>> point. I just figured it happened a lot and they could just fix it on<br>> the spot.<br>> <br>> Once you try doing it you will see what I mean, its a little hard to<br>> explain I guess, but real easy once you try.<br>
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