Hello, i went to swap out the center console armrest today and thought it was going to be a breeze. I got the armrest out, but the spring that holds the arm dropped down in the console. How do i get the spring back out without disassembling the whole console? Any help would be appreciated.

 

magnet pen. actually, if you take off the back ashtray, you can take off the ashtray housing and have direct access to the bottom/under part of the console. It will also help if you unscrewed the back part of the console to give you some room to lift up the console...