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W124 sun visor arm not fully retracting

jstone85

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A curious thing happened with the right side sun visor in my 1990 300E 2.6. I had taken the sun visor off because it wouldn't flip the entire way up. When removing the sun visor I pulled out the arm that lets you use the visor to block sun from the side. When I tried reinstalling the visor, the arm wouldn't retract all the way in which is a problem because the visor must be in its original position to fasten to the clip.

I've tried maneuvering it back in and used a mallet to force to back (being careful not to wreck the visor!), but no luck. It doesn't budge at all and feels like a HARD stop.

I'm baffled by this! I have no idea what's causing this - it'll retract easy enough most of the way, but it just won't budge the final way back in. You can't open of the visor to see what's going on without wrecking it, so I'm not sure what to do here.

Any ideas are much appreciated!
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Doesn't the end of the stalk/rod fit in a bushing inside the sun visor? To me it appears like the stalk isn't fixed in that bushing.

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