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