Has always come out using the traditional hook method. Never had problems before until now. It will only slide out a few inches and stops. Seems to get hung up somewhere. I checked the speedo cable and it has slack like it always did. Any ideas?

Any other way to get the cluster out?

reach behind the cluster and push it out.

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1986 300SDL, 211K,Dealership serviced its whole life
1991 190E 2.6(120k)
1983 300D(300k)
1977 300D(211k)