Damn that looks painful! I must be lucky- The steel rod running through the front of tour rear seat moves horizontally, towards the left side. As soon as it begins to touch the rear table rub strip and interfere with dropping the bed, I use a blunted screwdriver tip to shove it back into the pad. Geo/ATL
On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 12:48 PM, <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote: > In a message dated 4/19/2013 12:43:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > teer.vanagon@GMAIL.COM writes: > > For a Friday question, I thought I should ask one I don't remember being > raised on this list since I have been reading it in 1995 or 1996. > > On our "91 Westy, two steel rods periodically work their way out of the > rear seat toward the side cabinet. One rod is toward the front of the > seat and one toward the rear. When this occurs, I use something to push > them back in several inches but on our recent 2 month trip, I had to push > both rods in twice and the problem is getting worse. If I don't catch it > in > time, the rod scratches the cabinet or trim when I raise the rear seat. > > > > > like mark said it holds the upholstry down into the panels to give it its > shape. push it in as far as you can, and dislodge it to the side, so it > wont slide back out the same hole > |
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