Date:         Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:50:54 -0400
Reply-To:     george jannini <georgejoann@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         george jannini <georgejoann@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Steel rod sticking out of side of rear seat
In-Reply-To:  <577a7.5f45e560.3ea2cf60@aol.com>
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   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
>