First of all, glad you made it back and had a good trip.  I'll leave the
rest to those who know.
Michael in San Antonio
91GL AT 'Gringo'
73 Beetle

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 7:43 PM, Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> Just completed a 4,000 mile San Diego to Brownsville, Texas roadtrip.
> Mostly successful.  But as I neared Yuma, AZ, on the freeway, started
> feeling and hearing some rear end vibration and clatter.  Pulled over to the
> side, and as I slowed, the vibrations and clatter got worse, much worse.
> One big "scrape" per revolution.  I pulled off the freeway to a frontage
> road, and crept along at 35 MPH; noise would come and go to varying
> degrees.  When it got worse, I slowed down; sometimes putting in reverse and
> then braking hard seemed to help.
>