Hey no worries! You gave me a place to start, I just wanted to update in case someone else runs into this issue. Like I said before, I did a lot of searching and couldn't find any threads on it (maybe its not common!) haha.
Thanks again.
Ok, I took a look at this this weekend and found the below.
The armrest must be very different than the one that the previous poster has. I found that it was in fact a inertia lock. The part that locks the armrest in a sudden stop was "stuck" I was able to spray WD-40 in this and worked...
I have a 97 extended cab with the 60/40 seats. My armrest is stuck up. I was told it is something with an inertia lock? I have been able to get it down by rocking it, and it will sometimes release.
Any thoughts on this? I have tried searching and found no one else having this issue...